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Genesis 38:1-19

38:1

And it came to pass at that time
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that Judah
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went down
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from his brethren
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and turned
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in to a certain
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Adullamite
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whose name
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[was] Hirah
<02437>_.

38:2

And Judah
<03063>

saw
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there a daughter
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of a certain
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Canaanite
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whose name
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[was] Shuah
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and he took her
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and went in
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unto her.

38:3

And she conceived
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and bare
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a son
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and he called
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his name
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Er
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38:4

And she conceived
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again, and bare
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a son
<01121>_;

and she called
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his name
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Onan
<0209>_.

38:5

And she yet again conceived
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and bare
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a son
<01121>_;

and called
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his name
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Shelah
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and he was at Chezib
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when she bare
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him.

38:6

And Judah
<03063>

took
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a wife
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for Er
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his firstborn
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whose name
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[was] Tamar
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38:7

And Er
<06147>_,

Judah's
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firstborn
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was wicked
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in the sight
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of the LORD
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and the LORD
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slew
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him.

38:8

And Judah
<03063>

said
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unto Onan
<0209>_,

Go in
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unto thy brother's
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wife
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and marry
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her, and raise up
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seed
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to thy brother
<0251>_.

38:9

And Onan
<0209>

knew
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that the seed
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should not be his; and it came to pass, when
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he went in
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unto his brother's
<0251>

wife
<0802>_,

that he spilled
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[it] on the ground
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lest
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that he should give
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seed
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to his brother
<0251>_.

38:10

And the thing which
<0834>

he did
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displeased
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the LORD
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wherefore he slew
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him also. {displeased...: Heb. was evil in the eyes of the Lord}

38:11

Then said
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Judah
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to Tamar
<08559>

his daughter in law
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Remain
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a widow
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at thy father's
<01>

house
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till Shelah
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my son
<01121>

be grown
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for he said
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Lest peradventure he die
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also, as his brethren
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[did]. And Tamar
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went
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and dwelt
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in her father's
<01>

house
<01004>_.

38:12

And in process
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of time
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the daughter
<01323>

of Shuah
<07770>

Judah's
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wife
<0802>

died
<04191> (8799)_;

and Judah
<03063>

was comforted
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and went up
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unto his sheepshearers
<01494> (8802) <06629>

to Timnath
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he and his friend
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Hirah
<02437>

the Adullamite
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{in process...: Heb. the days were multiplied}

38:13

And it was told
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Tamar
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saying
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Behold thy father in law
<02524>

goeth up
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to Timnath
<08553>

to shear
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his sheep
<06629>_.

38:14

And she put
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her widow's
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garments
<0899>

off
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from her, and covered her
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with a vail
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and wrapped herself
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and sat in
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an open
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place
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which [is] by the way
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to Timnath
<08553>_;

for she saw
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that Shelah
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was grown
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and she was not given
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unto him to wife
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{an open...: Heb. the door of eyes, or, of Enajim}

38:15

When Judah
<03063>

saw her
<07200> (8799)_,

he thought
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her [to be] an harlot
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because she had covered
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her face
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38:16

And he turned
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unto her by the way
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and said
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Go to
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I pray thee, let me come in
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unto thee; (for he knew
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not that she [was] his daughter in law
<03618>.)

And she said
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What wilt thou give
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me, that thou mayest come in
<0935> (8799)

unto me?

38:17

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will send
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[thee] a kid
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from the flock
<06629>_.

And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

Wilt thou give
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[me] a pledge
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till thou send
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[it]? {a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats}

38:18

And he said
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What
<0834>

pledge
<06162>

shall I give
<05414> (8799)

thee? And she said
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Thy signet
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and thy bracelets
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and thy staff
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that [is] in thine hand
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And he gave
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[it] her, and came in
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unto her, and she conceived
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by him.

38:19

And she arose
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and went away
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and laid by
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her vail
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from her, and put on
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the garments
<0899>

of her widowhood
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