Genesis 38 New American Standard Bible

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and he took<MH3947> her <i>as a wife</i> and had<MH935> relations<MH935> with<MH935> her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And she conceived<MH2029> and gave<MH3205> birth<MH3205> to a son<MH1121>, and he named<MH7121, 8034> him Er<MH6147>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then she conceived<MH2029> again<MH5750> and gave<MH3205> birth<MH3205> to a son<MH1121>, and she named<MH7121, 8034> him Onan<MH209>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>She gave<MH3205> birth<MH3205> to yet<MH5750> another<MH3254> son<MH1121> and named<MH7121, 8034> him Shelah<MH7956>; and it was at Chezib<MH3580> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>that she gave<MH3205> birth<MH3205> to him. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now Judah<MH3063> took<MH3947> a wife<MH802> for Er<MH6147> his firstborn<MH1060>, and her name<MH8034> <i>was</i> Tamar<MH8559>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But Er<MH6147>, Judah’s<MH3063> firstborn<MH1060>, was evil<MH7451a> in the sight<MH5869> of the LORD<MH3068>, so the LORD<MH3068> took<MH4191> his life<MH4191>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Judah<MH3063> said<MH559> to Onan<MH209>, “Have<MH935> relations<MH935> with<MH935> your brother’s<MH251> wife<MH802> and perform<MH2992> your duty<MH2992> as<MH2992> a<MH2992> brother-in-law<MH2992> to her, and raise<MH6965> up<MH6965> a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>child<MH2233> for your brother<MH251>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now Onan<MH209> knew<MH3045> that the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>child<MH2233> would not be his; so when<MH518> he had<MH935> relations<MH935> with<MH935> his brother’s<MH251> wife<MH802>, he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>wasted<MH7843> his seed on the ground<MH776> so<MH1115> that<MH1115> he would not<MH1115> give<MH5414> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>a child<MH2233> to his brother<MH251>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But what<MH834> he did<MH6213a> was displeasing<MH7489a> in the sight<MH5869> of the LORD<MH3068>; so He took<MH4191> his life<MH4191> also<MH1571>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Judah<MH3063> said<MH559> to his daughter-in-law<MH3618> Tamar<MH8559>, “Remain<MH3427> a widow<MH490> in your father’s<MH1> house<MH1004> until<MH5704> my son<MH1121> Shelah<MH7956> grows<MH1431> up”; for he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>thought<MH559>, “<i>I am afraid</i> that he too<MH1571> may die<MH4191> like his brothers<MH251>.” So Tamar<MH8559> went<MH1980> and lived<MH3427> in her father’s<MH1> house<MH1004>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>after a considerable<MH7235a> time<MH3117> Shua’s<MH7770a> daughter<MH1323>, the wife<MH802> of Judah<MH3063>, died<MH4191>; and when <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>the time<MH5162> of<MH5162> mourning<MH5162> was ended<MH5162>, Judah<MH3063> went<MH5927> up<MH5927> to his sheepshearers<MH6629, 1494> at Timnah<MH8553>, he and his friend<MH7453> Hirah<MH2437> the Adullamite<MH5726>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Tamar<MH8559> was told<MH5046>, “Behold<MH2009>, your father-in-law<MH2524> is going<MH5927> up<MH5927> to Timnah<MH8553> to shear<MH1494> his sheep<MH6629>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So she <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>removed<MH5493> her widow’s<MH491> garments<MH899b> and covered<MH3680> <i>herself</i> with a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>veil<MH6809>, and wrapped<MH5968> herself, and sat<MH3427> in the gateway<MH6607> of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>Enaim<MH5879a>, which<MH834> is on the road<MH1870> to Timnah<MH8553>; for she saw<MH7200> that Shelah<MH7956> had grown<MH1431> up<MH1431>, and she had not been given<MH5414> to him as a wife<MH802>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When Judah<MH3063> saw<MH7200> her, he assumed<MH2803> she <i>was</i> a prostitute<MH2181>, for she had covered<MH3680> her face<MH6440>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So he turned<MH5186> aside<MH5186> to her by the road<MH1870>, and said<MH559>, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>Here<MH3051> now<MH4994>, let me have<MH935> relations<MH935> with<MH935> you”; for he did not know<MH3045> that she was his daughter-in-law<MH3618>. And she said<MH559>, “What<MH4100> will you give<MH5414> me, that you may have<MH935> relations<MH935> with<MH935> me?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He said<MH559>, therefore, “I will send<MH7971> you a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>young<MH1423, 5795> goat<MH1423, 5795> from the flock<MH6629>.” She then said<MH559>, “Will you give<MH5414> a pledge<MH6162> until<MH5704> you send<MH7971> <i>it?</i>” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He said<MH559>, “What<MH4100> pledge<MH6162> shall I give<MH5414> you?” And she said<MH559>, “Your seal<MH2368> and your cord<MH6616>, and your staff<MH4294> that is in your hand<MH3027>.” So he gave<MH5414> <i>them</i> to her and had<MH935> relations<MH935> with<MH935> her, and she conceived<MH2029> by him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then she got<MH6965> up<MH6965> and departed<MH1980>, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[p]</a></span>removed<MH5493> her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[q]</a></span>veil<MH6809> and put<MH3847> on<MH3847> her widow’s<MH491> garments<MH899b>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When Judah<MH3063> sent<MH7971> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[r]</a></span>young<MH1423, 5795> goat<MH1423, 5795> by his friend<MH7453> the Adullamite<MH5726>, to receive<MH3947> the pledge<MH6162> from the woman’s<MH802> hand<MH3027>, he did not find<MH4672> her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He asked<MH7592> the people<MH376> of her place<MH4725>, saying<MH559>, “Where<MH346> is the temple<MH6945> prostitute<MH6945> who<MH1931> was by the road<MH1870> at Enaim<MH5879a>?” But they said<MH559>, “There has been<MH1961> no<MH3808> temple<MH6945> prostitute<MH6945> here<MH2088>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So he returned<MH7725> to Judah<MH3063>, and said<MH559>, “I did not find<MH4672> her; and furthermore<MH1571>, the people<MH376> of the place<MH4725> said<MH559>, ‘There has been<MH1961> no<MH3808> temple<MH6945> prostitute<MH6945> here<MH2088>.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then Judah<MH3063> said<MH559>, “Let her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[s]</a></span>keep<MH3947> them, otherwise<MH6435> we will become<MH1961> a laughingstock<MH937>. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[t]</a></span>After<MH2009> all<MH2009>, I sent<MH7971> this<MH2088> young<MH1423> goat<MH1423>, but you did not find<MH4672> her.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now it was about three<MH7969> months<MH2320> later<MH4480> that Judah<MH3063> was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[u]</a></span>informed<MH5046>, “Your daughter-in-law<MH3618> Tamar<MH8559> has prostituted<MH2181> herself, and behold<MH2009>, she is also<MH1571> pregnant<MH2030> by prostitution<MH2183>.” Then Judah<MH3063> said<MH559>, “Bring<MH3318> her out<MH3318> and have her burned<MH8313>!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It was while she was being brought<MH3318> out<MH3318> that she sent<MH7971> <i>word</i> to her father-in-law<MH2524>, saying<MH559>, “I am pregnant<MH2030> by the man<MH376> to whom<MH834> these<MH428> things<MH428> belong.” She also said<MH559>, “Please<MH4994> examine<MH5234> and<MH5234> see<MH5234>, whose<MH4310> signet<MH2368> ring<MH2858> and cords<MH6616> and staff<MH4294> are these<MH428>?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Judah<MH3063> recognized<MH5234> <i>them,</i> and said<MH559>, “She is<MH6663> more<MH4480> righteous<MH6663> than<MH4480> I, since<MH3588, 5921, 3651> I did not give<MH5414> her to my son<MH1121> Shelah<MH7956>.” And he did not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[v]</a></span>have<MH3045> relations<MH3045> with her again<MH3254, 5750>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>It came<MH1961> about<MH1961> at the time<MH6256> she was giving<MH3205> birth<MH3205>, that behold<MH2009>, there were twins<MH8420b> in her womb<MH990>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Moreover, it took<MH1961> place<MH1961> while she was giving<MH3205> birth<MH3205>, that one <i>baby</i> put<MH5414> out a hand<MH3027>, and the midwife<MH3205> took<MH3947> and tied<MH7194> a scarlet<MH8144> <i>thread</i> on his hand<MH3027>, saying<MH559>, “This<MH2088> one<MH2088> came<MH3318> out<MH3318> first<MH7223>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But it came<MH1961> about<MH1961> as he drew<MH7725> back<MH7725> his hand<MH3027> that behold<MH2009>, his brother<MH251> came<MH3318> out<MH3318>. Then she said<MH559>, “What<MH4100> a breach<MH6556> you have made<MH6555> for yourself!” So he was named<MH7121, 8034> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[w]</a></span>Perez<MH6557>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/38-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Afterward<MH310> his brother<MH251> came<MH3318> out<MH3318> who<MH834> had the scarlet<MH8144> <i>thread</i> on his hand<MH3027>; and he was named<MH7121, 8034> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[x]</a></span>Zerah<MH2226>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>went down</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>turned aside to</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>when</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>seed</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>seed</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>spilled on the ground</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>seed</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>said</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>the days became many and</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>Judah was comforted, he</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>removed from herself</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>shawl</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> In Josh 15:34, <i>Enam</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>Come, now</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>kid of goats</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[p]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>removed from herself</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[q]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>shawl</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[r]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>kid of goats by the hand of</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[s]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Lit <i>take for herself</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[t]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Lit <i>Behold</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[u]</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>informed, saying</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[v]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>know her yet again</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[w]</span> <span class="fnverse">29</span> I.e., a breach<br><span class="footnotesbot">[x]</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> I.e., a dawning or brightness<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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