1And it came to pass at that time6256, that Judah3063 went down3381 from his brethren251, and turned5186 in to a certain376 Adullamite5726, whose name8034 was Hirah2437.
2And Judah3063 saw7200 there a daughter1323 of a certain376 Canaanite3669, whose name8034 was Shuah7770; and he took her3947, and went in935 unto her.
3And she conceived2029, and bare3205 a son1121; and he called7121 his name8034 Er6147.
4And she conceived2029 again, and bare3205 a son1121; and she called7121 his name8034 Onan209.
5And she yet again conceived3254, and bare3205 a son1121; and called7121 his name8034 Shelah7956: and he was at Chezib3580, when she bare3205 him.
6And Judah3063 took3947 a wife802 for Er6147 his firstborn1060, whose name8034 was Tamar8559.
7And Er6147, Judah's3063 firstborn1060, was wicked7451 in the sight5869 of the LORD3068; and the LORD3068 slew4191 him.
8And Judah3063 said559 unto Onan209, Go in935 unto thy brother's251 wife802, and marry2992 her, and raise up6965 seed2233 to thy brother251.
9And Onan209 knew3045 that the seed2233 should not be his; and it came to pass, when518 he went in935 unto his brother's251 wife802, that he spilled7843 it on the ground776, lest1115 that he should give5414 seed2233 to his brother251.
10And the thing which834 he did6213 displeased3415 5869 the LORD3068: wherefore he slew4191 him also.
11Then said559 Judah3063 to Tamar8559 his daughter in law3618, Remain3427 a widow490 at thy father's1 house1004, till Shelah7956 my son1121 be grown1431: for he said559, Lest peradventure he die4191 also, as his brethren251 did. And Tamar8559 went3212 and dwelt3427 in her father's1 house1004.
12And in process7235 of time3117 the daughter1323 of Shuah7770 Judah's3063 wife802 died4191; and Judah3063 was comforted5162, and went up5927 unto his sheepshearers1494 6629 to Timnath8553, he and his friend7453 Hirah2437 the Adullamite5726.
13And it was told5046 Tamar8559, saying559, Behold thy father in law2524 goeth up5927 to Timnath8553 to shear1494 his sheep6629.
14And she put5493 her widow's491 garments899 off5493 from her, and covered her3680 with a vail6809, and wrapped herself5968, and sat in3427 an open5869 place6607, which is by the way1870 to Timnath8553; for she saw7200 that Shelah7956 was grown1431, and she was not given5414 unto him to wife802.
15When Judah3063 saw her7200, he thought2803 her to be an harlot2181; because she had covered3680 her face6440.
16And he turned5186 unto her by the way1870, and said559, Go to3051, I pray thee, let me come in935 unto thee; (for he knew3045 not that she was his daughter in law3618.) And she said559, What wilt thou give5414 me, that thou mayest come in935 unto me?
17And he said559, I will send7971 thee a kid5795 1423 from the flock6629. And she said559, Wilt thou give5414 me a pledge6162, till thou send7971 it?
18And he said559, What834 pledge6162 shall I give5414 thee? And she said559, Thy signet2368, and thy bracelets6616, and thy staff4294 that is in thine hand3027. And he gave5414 it her, and came in935 unto her, and she conceived2029 by him.
19And she arose6965, and went away3212, and laid by5493 her vail6809 from her, and put on3847 the garments899 of her widowhood491.
20And Judah3063 sent7971 the kid1423 5795 by the hand3027 of his friend7453 the Adullamite5726, to receive3947 his pledge6162 from the woman's802 hand3027: but he found her4672 not.
21Then he asked7592 the men582 of that place4725, saying559, Where is the harlot6948, that was openly5869 by the way side1870? And they said559, There was no harlot6948 in this2088 place.
22And he returned7725 to Judah3063, and said559, I cannot3808 find4672 her; and also the men582 of the place4725 said559, that there was no harlot6948 in this place.
23And Judah3063 said559, Let her take3947 it to her, lest we be shamed937: behold, I sent7971 this kid1423, and thou hast not found4672 her.
24And it came to pass about three7969 months2320 after, that it was told5046 Judah3063, saying559, Tamar8559 thy daughter in law3618 hath played the harlot2181; and also, behold, she is with child2030 by whoredom2183. And Judah3063 said559, Bring her forth3318, and let her be burnt8313.
25When she was brought forth3318, she sent7971 to her father in law2524, saying559, By the man376, whose these are, am I with child2030: and she said559, Discern5234, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet2858, and bracelets6616, and staff4294.
26And Judah3063 acknowledged5234 them, and said559, She hath been more righteous6663 than I; because that I gave5414 her not to Shelah7956 my son1121. And he knew her3045 again3254 no more.
27And it came to pass in the time6256 of her travail3205, that, behold, twins8380 were in her womb990.
28And it came to pass, when she travailed3205, that the one put out5414 his hand3027: and the midwife3205 took3947 and bound7194 upon his hand3027 a scarlet thread8144, saying559, This came out3318 first7223.
29And it came to pass, as he drew back7725 his hand3027, that, behold, his brother251 came out3318: and she said559, How hast thou broken forth6555? this breach6556 be upon thee: therefore his name8034 was called7121 Pharez6557.
30And afterward310 came out3318 his brother251, that had the scarlet thread8144 upon his hand3027: and his name8034 was called7121 Zarah2226.