As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!”

that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”

Jonadab replied to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes in to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.’”

Her brother Absalom said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!” Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.