Genesis:38-40
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And it came to pass at that time ,
that Judah went down from his brethren ,
and turned in to a certain Adullamite ,
whose name was Hirah .
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And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite ,
whose name was Shuah ;
and he took her ,
and went in unto her .
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And she conceived ,
and bare a son ;
and he called his name Er .
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And she conceived again ,
and bare a son ;
and she called his name Onan .
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And she yet again conceived ,
and bare a son ;
and called his name Shelah :
and he was at Chezib ,
when she bare him .
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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 .
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When she was brought forth ,
she sent to her father in law ,
saying ,
By the man ,
whose these are ,
am I with child :
and she said ,
Discern ,
I pray thee ,
whose are these ,
the signet ,
and bracelets ,
and staff .
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And Judah acknowledged them ,
and said ,
She hath been more righteous than I ;
because that I gave her not to Shelah my son .
And he knew her again no more .
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And it came to pass in the time of her travail ,
that ,
behold ,
twins were in her womb .
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And it came to pass ,
when she travailed ,
that the one put out his hand :
and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread ,
saying ,
This came out first .
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And it came to pass ,
as he drew back his hand ,
that ,
behold ,
his brother came out :
and she said ,
How hast thou broken forth ?
this breach be upon thee :
therefore his name was called Pharez .
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And afterward came out his brother ,
that had the scarlet thread upon his hand :
and his name was called Zarah .
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And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ;
and Potiphar ,
an officer of Pharaoh ,
captain of the guard ,
an Egyptian ,
bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites ,
which had brought him down thither .
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And the LORD was with Joseph ,
and he was a prosperous man ;
and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian .
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And his master saw that the LORD was with him ,
and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand .
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And Joseph found grace in his sight ,
and he served him :
and he made him overseer over his house ,
and all that he had he put into his hand .
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And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house ,
and over all that he had ,
that the LORD blessed the Egyptian '
s house for Joseph '
s sake ;
and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house ,
and in the field .
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And he left all that he had in Joseph '
s hand ;
and he knew not ought he had ,
save the bread which he did eat .
And Joseph was a goodly person ,
and well favoured .
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And it came to pass after these things ,
that his master '
s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ;
and she said ,
Lie with me .
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But he refused ,
and said unto his master '
s wife ,
Behold ,
my master wotteth not what is with me in the house ,
and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand ;
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There is none greater in this house than I ;
neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee ,
because thou art his wife :
how then can I do this great wickedness ,
and sin against God ?
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And it came to pass ,
as she spake to Joseph day by day ,
that he hearkened not unto her ,
to lie by her ,
or to be with her .
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And it came to pass about this time ,
that Joseph went into the house to do his business ;
and there was none of the men of the house there within .
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And she caught him by his garment ,
saying ,
Lie with me :
and he left his garment in her hand ,
and fled ,
and got him out .
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And it came to pass ,
when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand ,
and was fled forth ,
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That she called unto the men of her house ,
and spake unto them ,
saying ,
See ,
he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us ;
he came in unto me to lie with me ,
and I cried with a loud voice :
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And it came to pass ,
when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried ,
that he left his garment with me ,
and fled ,
and got him out .
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And she laid up his garment by her ,
until his lord came home .
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And she spake unto him according to these words ,
saying ,
The Hebrew servant ,
which thou hast brought unto us ,
came in unto me to mock me :
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And it came to pass ,
as I lifted up my voice and cried ,
that he left his garment with me ,
and fled out .
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And it came to pass ,
when his master heard the words of his wife ,
which she spake unto him ,
saying ,
After this manner did thy servant to me ;
that his wrath was kindled .
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And Joseph '
s master took him ,
and put him into the prison ,
a place where the king '
s prisoners were bound :
and he was there in the prison .
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But the LORD was with Joseph ,
and shewed him mercy ,
and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison .
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And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph '
s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison ;
and whatsoever they did there ,
he was the doer of it .
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The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand ;
because the LORD was with him ,
and that which he did ,
the LORD made it to prosper .
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And it came to pass after these things ,
that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt .
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And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers ,
against the chief of the butlers ,
and against the chief of the bakers .
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And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard ,
into the prison ,
the place where Joseph was bound .
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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them ,
and he served them :
and they continued a season in ward .
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And they dreamed a dream both of them ,
each man his dream in one night ,
each man according to the interpretation of his dream ,
the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt ,
which were bound in the prison .
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And Joseph came in unto them in the morning ,
and looked upon them ,
and ,
behold ,
they were sad .
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And he asked Pharaoh '
s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord '
s house ,
saying ,
Wherefore look ye so sadly to day ?
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And they said unto him ,
We have dreamed a dream ,
and there is no interpreter of it .
And Joseph said unto them ,
Do not interpretations belong to God ?
tell me them ,
I pray you .
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And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph ,
and said to him ,
In my dream ,
behold ,
a vine was before me ;
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And in the vine were three branches :
and it was as though it budded ,
and her blossoms shot forth ;
and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes :
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And Pharaoh '
s cup was in my hand :
and I took the grapes ,
and pressed them into Pharaoh '
s cup ,
and I gave the cup into Pharaoh '
s hand .
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And Joseph said unto him ,
This is the interpretation of it :
The three branches are three days :
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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head ,
and restore thee unto thy place :
and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh '
s cup into his hand ,
after the former manner when thou wast his butler .
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But think on me when it shall be well with thee ,
and shew kindness ,
I pray thee ,
unto me ,
and make mention of me unto Pharaoh ,
and bring me out of this house :
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For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews :
and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon .
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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good ,
he said unto Joseph ,
I also was in my dream ,
and ,
behold ,
I had three white baskets on my head :
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And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ;
and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head .
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And Joseph answered and said ,
This is the interpretation thereof :
The three baskets are three days :
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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee ,
and shall hang thee on a tree ;
and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee .
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And it came to pass the third day ,
which was Pharaoh '
s birthday ,
that he made a feast unto all his servants :
and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants .
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again ;
and he gave the cup into Pharaoh '
s hand :
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But he hanged the chief baker :
as Joseph had interpreted to them .
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Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph ,
but forgat him .
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And it came to pass at the end of two full years ,
that Pharaoh dreamed :
and ,
behold ,
he stood by the river .
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