Genesis:38:6-24
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And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn ,
whose name was Tamar .
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And Er ,
Judah '
s firstborn ,
was wicked in the sight of the LORD ;
and the LORD slew him .
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And Judah said unto Onan ,
Go in unto thy brother '
s wife ,
and marry her ,
and raise up seed to thy brother .
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And Onan knew that the seed should not be his ;
and it came to pass ,
when he went in unto his brother '
s wife ,
that he spilled it on the ground ,
lest that he should give seed to his brother .
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And the thing which he did displeased the LORD :
wherefore he slew him also .
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Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law ,
Remain a widow at thy father '
s house ,
till Shelah my son be grown :
for he said ,
Lest peradventure he die also ,
as his brethren did .
And Tamar went and dwelt in her father '
s house .
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And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah '
s wife died ;
and Judah was comforted ,
and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath ,
he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite .
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And it was told Tamar ,
saying ,
Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep .
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And she put her widow '
s garments off from her ,
and covered her with a vail ,
and wrapped herself ,
and sat in an open place ,
which is by the way to Timnath ;
for she saw that Shelah was grown ,
and she was not given unto him to wife .
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When Judah saw her ,
he thought her to be an harlot ;
because she had covered her face .
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And he turned unto her by the way ,
and said ,
Go to ,
I pray thee ,
let me come in unto thee ; (
for he knew not that she was his daughter in law .)
And she said ,
What wilt thou give me ,
that thou mayest come in unto me ?
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And he said ,
I will send thee a kid from the flock .
And she said ,
Wilt thou give me a pledge ,
till thou send it ?
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And he said ,
What pledge shall I give thee ?
And she said ,
Thy signet ,
and thy bracelets ,
and thy staff that is in thine hand .
And he gave it her ,
and came in unto her ,
and she conceived by him .
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And she arose ,
and went away ,
and laid by her vail from her ,
and put on the garments of her widowhood .
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And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite ,
to receive his pledge from the woman '
s hand :
but he found her not .
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Then he asked the men of that place ,
saying ,
Where is the harlot ,
that was openly by the way side ?
And they said ,
There was no harlot in this place .
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And he returned to Judah ,
and said ,
I cannot find her ;
and also the men of the place said ,
that there was no harlot in this place .
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And Judah said ,
Let her take it to her ,
lest we be shamed :
behold ,
I sent this kid ,
and thou hast not found her .
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And it came to pass about three months after ,
that it was told Judah ,
saying ,
Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot ;
and also ,
behold ,
she is with child by whoredom .
And Judah said ,
Bring her forth ,
and let her be burnt .