About that time , Judah ... left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah , an Adullamite.
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There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua , and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
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So she conceived and gave birth to a son , and (Judah) named - him Er.
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Again she conceived and gave birth to a son , and she named - him Onan.
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Then she gave birth to another ... son and named - him Shelah ; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him -.
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Now Judah acquired a wife for Er , his firstborn , and her name was Tamar.
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But Er , Judah’s firstborn , was wicked in the sight of the LORD ; so the LORD put him to death.
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Then Judah said to Onan , “ Sleep with ... your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law - and raise up offspring for your brother. ”
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But Onan knew that the offspring ... would not belong so whenever he would sleep with ... his brother’s wife , he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
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What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD , so He put (Onan) to death as well -.
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Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar , “ Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up. ” For he thought , “ He may die too , like his brothers. ” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
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After a long time Judah’s wife , the daughter of Shua , died. When Judah had finished mourning , he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers ... at Timnah.
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When Tamar ... ... was told , “ Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep , ”
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she removed her widow’s garments , covered her face with a veil to disguise herself , and sat at the entrance to Enaim , which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up , she had not been given as a wife.
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When Judah saw her , he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
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- - Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law , he went over to her and said , “ Come now , let me sleep with you. ” “ What will you give for sleeping with ... you ? ” she inquired.
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“ I will send you a young goat ... from my flock , ” (Judah) answered. But she replied , “ Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it. ”
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“ What pledge - should I give he asked. She answered , “ Your seal and your cord , and the staff - in your hand. ” So he gave them and slept with her , and she became pregnant
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Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil ... and put on her widow’s garments again.
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Now when Judah - sent his friend (Hirah) the Adullamite with the young goat ... to collect the items he had left with ... the woman , he could not find her.
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He asked - the men of that place , “ Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim ? ” “ No shrine prostitute has been here , ” they answered.
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So (Hirah) returned to Judah and said , “ I could not find her , and furthermore , the men of that place said , ‘ No shrine prostitute has been here. ’”
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keep the items , ” Judah replied. “ Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all , I did send her this young goat , but you could not find her. ”
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About three months later , Judah was told , “ Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself , and now she is pregnant .... ” “ Bring her out ! ” Judah replied. “ Let her be burned to death ! ”
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As she was being brought out , (Tamar) sent a message to her father-in-law : “ I am pregnant by the man to whom these items And she added , “ Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these ? ”
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Judah recognized (the items) and said , “ She is more righteous than I , since ... ... I did not give her to my son Shelah. ” And he did not have relations with her again ....
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When the time came for (Tamar) to give birth , there were twins in her womb.
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And as she was giving birth , one of them put out his hand ; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied (it) around his wrist. “ This one came out first , ” she announced.
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- But when he pulled his hand ... back and his brother came out , she said , ... “ You have broken out first ... ... ! ” So he was named ... Perez.
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Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist , and he was named ... Zerah.
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