The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 38

Gen 38:1 And it came to pass at that time [06256], that Judah [03063] went down [03381] (8799) from his brethren [0251], and turned [05186] (8799) in to a certain [0376] Adullamite [05726], whose name [08034] was Hirah [02437].
Gen 38:2 And Judah [03063] saw [07200] (8799) there a daughter [01323] of a certain [0376] Canaanite [03669], whose name [08034] was Shuah [07770]; and he took her [03947] (8799), and went in [0935] (8799) unto her.
Gen 38:3 And she conceived [02029] (8799), and bare [03205] (8799) a son [01121]; and he called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Er [06147].
Gen 38:4 And she conceived [02029] (8799) again, and bare [03205] (8799) a son [01121]; and she called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Onan [0209].
Gen 38:5 And she yet again conceived [03254] (8686), and bare [03205] (8799) a son [01121]; and called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Shelah [07956]: and he was at Chezib [03580], when she bare [03205] (8800) him.
Gen 38:6 And Judah [03063] took [03947] (8799) a wife [0802] for Er [06147] his firstborn [01060], whose name [08034] was Tamar [08559].
Gen 38:7 And Er [06147], Judah's [03063] firstborn [01060], was wicked [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]; and the LORD [03068] slew [04191] (8686) him.
Gen 38:8 And Judah [03063] said [0559] (8799) unto Onan [0209], Go in [0935] (8798) unto thy brother's [0251] wife [0802], and marry [02992] (8761) her, and raise up [06965] (8685) seed [02233] to thy brother [0251].
Gen 38:9 And Onan [0209] knew [03045] (8799) that the seed [02233] should not be his; and it came to pass, when [0518] he went in [0935] (8802) unto his brother's [0251] wife [0802], that he spilled [07843] (8765) [it] on the ground [0776], lest [01115] that he should give [05414] (8800) seed [02233] to his brother [0251].
Gen 38:10 And the thing which [0834] he did [06213] (8804) displeased [03415] (8799) [05869] the LORD [03068]: wherefore he slew [04191] (8686) him also.
Gen 38:11 Then said [0559] (8799) Judah [03063] to Tamar [08559] his daughter in law [03618], Remain [03427] (8798) a widow [0490] at thy father's [01] house [01004], till Shelah [07956] my son [01121] be grown [01431] (8799): for he said [0559] (8804), Lest peradventure he die [04191] (8799) also, as his brethren [0251] did. And Tamar [08559] went [03212] (8799) and dwelt [03427] (8799) in her father's [01] house [01004].
Gen 38:12 And in process [07235] (8799) of time [03117] the daughter [01323] of Shuah [07770] Judah's [03063] wife [0802] died [04191] (8799); and Judah [03063] was comforted [05162] (8735), and went up [05927] (8799) unto his sheepshearers [01494] (8802) [06629] to Timnath [08553], he and his friend [07453] Hirah [02437] the Adullamite [05726].
Gen 38:13 And it was told [05046] (8714) Tamar [08559], saying [0559] (8800), Behold thy father in law [02524] goeth up [05927] (8802) to Timnath [08553] to shear [01494] (8800) his sheep [06629].
Gen 38:14 And she put [05493] [00] her widow's [0491] garments [0899] off [05493] (8686) from her, and covered her [03680] (8762) with a vail [06809], and wrapped herself [05968] (8691), and sat in [03427] (8799) an open [05869] place [06607], which is by the way [01870] to Timnath [08553]; for she saw [07200] (8804) that Shelah [07956] was grown [01431] (8804), and she was not given [05414] (8738) unto him to wife [0802].
Gen 38:15 When Judah [03063] saw her [07200] (8799), he thought [02803] (8799) her [to be] an harlot [02181] (8802); because she had covered [03680] (8765) her face [06440].
Gen 38:16 And he turned [05186] (8799) unto her by the way [01870], and said [0559] (8799), Go to [03051] (8798), I pray thee, let me come in [0935] (8799) unto thee; (for he knew [03045] (8804) not that she was his daughter in law [03618].) And she said [0559] (8799), What wilt thou give [05414] (8799) me, that thou mayest come in [0935] (8799) unto me?
Gen 38:17 And he said [0559] (8799), I will send [07971] (8762) [thee] a kid [05795] [01423] from the flock [06629]. And she said [0559] (8799), Wilt thou give [05414] (8799) [me] a pledge [06162], till thou send [07971] (8800) [it]?
Gen 38:18 And he said [0559] (8799), What [0834] pledge [06162] shall I give [05414] (8799) thee? And she said [0559] (8799), Thy signet [02368], and thy bracelets [06616], and thy staff [04294] that is in thine hand [03027]. And he gave [05414] (8799) [it] her, and came in [0935] (8799) unto her, and she conceived [02029] (8799) by him.
Gen 38:19 And she arose [06965] (8799), and went away [03212] (8799), and laid by [05493] (8686) her vail [06809] from her, and put on [03847] (8799) the garments [0899] of her widowhood [0491].
Gen 38:20 And Judah [03063] sent [07971] (8799) the kid [01423] [05795] by the hand [03027] of his friend [07453] the Adullamite [05726], to receive [03947] (8800) [his] pledge [06162] from the woman's [0802] hand [03027]: but he found her [04672] (8804) not.
Gen 38:21 Then he asked [07592] (8799) the men [0582] of that place [04725], saying [0559] (8800), Where is the harlot [06948], that was openly [05869] by the way side [01870]? And they said [0559] (8799), There was no harlot [06948] in this [02088] [place].
Gen 38:22 And he returned [07725] (8799) to Judah [03063], and said [0559] (8799), I cannot [03808] find [04672] (8804) her; and also the men [0582] of the place [04725] said [0559] (8804), that there was no harlot [06948] in this [place].
Gen 38:23 And Judah [03063] said [0559] (8799), Let her take [03947] (8799) [it] to her, lest we be shamed [0937]: behold, I sent [07971] (8804) this kid [01423], and thou hast not found [04672] (8804) her.
Gen 38:24 And it came to pass about three [07969] months [02320] after, that it was told [05046] (8714) Judah [03063], saying [0559] (8800), Tamar [08559] thy daughter in law [03618] hath played the harlot [02181] (8804); and also, behold, she is with child [02030] by whoredom [02183]. And Judah [03063] said [0559] (8799), Bring her forth [03318] (8685), and let her be burnt [08313] (8735).
Gen 38:25 When she was brought forth [03318] (8716), she sent [07971] (8804) to her father in law [02524], saying [0559] (8800), By the man [0376], whose these [are, am] I with child [02030]: and she said [0559] (8799), Discern [05234] (8685), I pray thee, whose are these, the signet [02858], and bracelets [06616], and staff [04294].
Gen 38:26 And Judah [03063] acknowledged [05234] (8686) them, and said [0559] (8799), She hath been more righteous [06663] (8804) than I; because that I gave [05414] (8804) her not to Shelah [07956] my son [01121]. And he knew her [03045] (8800) again [03254] (8804) no more.
Gen 38:27 And it came to pass in the time [06256] of her travail [03205] (8800), that, behold, twins [08380] were in her womb [0990].
Gen 38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed [03205] (8800), that [the one] put out [05414] (8799) [his] hand [03027]: and the midwife [03205] (8764) took [03947] (8799) and bound [07194] (8799) upon his hand [03027] a scarlet thread [08144], saying [0559] (8800), This came out [03318] (8804) first [07223].
Gen 38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back [07725] (8688) his hand [03027], that, behold, his brother [0251] came out [03318] (8804): and she said [0559] (8799), How hast thou broken forth [06555] (8804)? [this] breach [06556] [be] upon thee: therefore his name [08034] was called [07121] (8799) Pharez [06557].
Gen 38:30 And afterward [0310] came out [03318] (8804) his brother [0251], that had the scarlet thread [08144] upon his hand [03027]: and his name [08034] was called [07121] (8799) Zarah [02226].

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