Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And it cometh
to pass ,
at that time, that Judah goeth
down from his brethren, and turneth
aside
unto
a man,
an
Adullamite, whose name `is'
Hirah ;
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 .
and Judah seeth
there the
daughter of a man,
a
Canaanite, whose name `is'
Shuah ,
and taketh
her, and goeth
in unto her.
And Judah saw
there a
daughter of a certain
Canaanite, whose name was
Shuah ;
and he
took
her, and went
in unto her.
And she conceiveth
, and beareth
a son ,
and he calleth
his name Er ;
And she conceived
, and bare
a son ;
and he called
his name Er .
and she conceiveth
again, and beareth
a son ,
and calleth
his name Onan ;
And she conceived
again, and bare
a son ;
and she
called
his name Onan .
and she addeth
again, and beareth
a son ,
and calleth
his name Shelah ;
and he was in
Chezib in
her
bearing
him.
And she yet
again conceived
, and bare
a son ;
and called
his name Shelah :
and he was at
Chezib ,
when
she
bare
him.
And Judah taketh
a wife for Er ,
his first-born
, and
her
name `is'
Tamar ;
And Judah took
a wife for Er his firstborn
, whose
name was
Tamar .
and Er, Judah's first-born
, is
evil
in the eyes
of Jehovah,
and Jehovah
doth
put
him to
death
.
And Er, Judah's firstborn
, was
wicked
in the sight
of the
LORD;
and the
LORD
slew
him.
And Judah saith
to
Onan, `
Go in unto the
wife
of
thy brother
, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother ;'
And Judah said
unto
Onan, Go in unto thy brother's
wife
, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother .
and Onan knoweth
that the seed is
not `reckoned'
his; and it hath
come
to pass, if
he hath
gone
in unto his brother's wife, that he hath
destroyed
`
it '
to
the earth
, so
as
not
to
give seed to his brother ;
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 .
and that
which he hath
done
is
evil
in
the eyes
of
Jehovah,
and
He putteth
him also to
death
.
And the
thing
which he did
displeased
the LORD:
wherefore
he slew
him also.
And
Judah saith
to Tamar his daughter -
in -
law, `Abide
a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth
up;'
for he said, `
Lest he die --
even
he
--
like
his brethren ;'
and Tamar goeth
and dwelleth
at
her father's house.
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.
And the
days
are
multiplied,
and
the daughter of Shuah ,
Judah's wife ,
dieth
; and Judah is
comforted, and goeth
up unto his sheep-shearers
, he and Hirah
his friend the Adullamite ,
to
Timnath
.
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.
And it is
declared
to
Tamar, saying, `Lo,
thy husband's
father is
going
up to Timnath to shear his flock;'
And it was
told
Tamar, saying, Behold
thy father in
law
goeth
up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
and she turneth
aside
the
garments
of
her widowhood
from
off her, and covereth
herself
with a vail, and wrappeth
herself up
, and sitteth
in the
opening
of
Enayim
, which `
is '
by the way to Timnath ,
for she hath
seen
that Shelah hath
grown up
, and she hath
not been
given to
him for
a
wife.
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.
And
Judah seeth
her, and
reckoneth
her for
a
harlot ,
for
she hath
covered her face ,
When
Judah saw
her, he
thought
her to
be
an
harlot ;
because
she had
covered her face .
and he turneth
aside
unto her by the way, and saith
, `Come
, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee ,'
(for he hath
not known
that she `is'
his daughter -
in -
law) ;
and she saith
, `
What dost
thou give to
me, that thou mayest come in unto me? '
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?
and he saith
, `
I --
I
send a kid of
the
goats
from the flock. '
And she saith
, `Dost
thou give a pledge till thou send `
it '
? '
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?
and he saith
, `
What `is'
the
pledge that
I give to
thee? '
and she saith
, `
Thy seal
, and thy ribbon
, and thy staff which
`
is '
in thy
hand ;'
and he giveth
to
her, and goeth
in unto her, and she conceiveth
to
him ;
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 .
and she riseth
, and goeth
, and turneth
aside
her vail from off
her, and putteth
on the garments of her widowhood.
And she arose
, and went
away
, and laid
by
her vail from her, and put
on the garments of her widowhood.
And Judah sendeth
the kid of
the
goats
by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the
pledge from the hand of
the
woman,
and
he hath
not
found her.
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
.
And
he asketh
the men of her
place, saying, `
Where `
is '
the separated
one
--
she
in
Enayim
, by the way? '
and they say
, `
There hath
not
been
in this `
place '
a
separated
one
. '
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.
And he turneth
back
unto
Judah, and saith
, `
I have
not
found
her; and the men of the place also
have
said, There hath
not
been
in this `
place '
a
separated
one,'
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 .
and Judah saith
, `
Let her take to herself
, lest we become
despised;
lo
, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. '
And Judah said
, Let her take it
to her
, lest we be
shamed:
behold
, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
And it cometh
to pass about three months `
after '
, that it is
declared
to
Judah, saying, `
Tamar thy daughter -
in -
law hath committed
fornication
; and also, lo
, she hath
conceived
by fornication:'
and Judah saith
, `
Bring her out
--
and she
is
burnt. '
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.
She is
brought out
, and
she hath
sent unto
her husband's
father, saying, `To
a
man whose these `
are '
, I
`
am '
pregnant;'
and she saith
, `
Discern, I pray thee, whose `
are '
these --
the seal
, and the
ribbons
, and the
staff. '
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.
And Judah discerneth
and saith
, `
She hath been more righteous than I ,
because that I did
not
give
her to Shelah my son ;'
and he hath
not
added
to
know
her again.
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
.
And it cometh
to pass in the time of her bearing
, that lo
, twins `are'
in her womb ;
And it came
to pass in the time of her travail
, that, behold,
twins were
in her womb .
and it cometh
to pass in
her
bearing
, that `
one '
giveth
out a
hand ,
and the midwife taketh
and bindeth
on
his hand a scarlet thread, saying, `
This hath
come
out first. '
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.
And it cometh
to pass as he draweth
back his hand, that lo
, his brother hath
come
out ,
and she saith
, `What!
thou
hast broken forth --
on
thee
`is'
the
breach ;'
and
he
calleth
his name Pharez ;
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 .
and afterwards
hath
his brother come
out
, on
whose
hand
`is'
the scarlet thread ,
and he
calleth
his name Zarah.
And afterward
came
out
his brother, that
had
the scarlet thread upon
his
hand:
and his name was
called
Zarah.
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