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6141 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:2
2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her, had sexual relations with her,38:2 Lit. saw 38:2 Lit. took
6142 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:3
3 and she conceived, bore a son, and named him Er.
6143 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:4
4 Later, she conceived again, bore another son, and named him Onan.
6144 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:5
5 Then she bore yet another son and named him Shelah. Judah was living in Kezib when she bore him.
6145 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:6
6 Judah found a wife for his oldest son Er. Her name was Tamar.
6146 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:7
7 But the LORD considered Er, Judah’s oldest son, to be wicked—so he put him to death.
6147 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:8
8 So Judah instructed Onan, “You are to have sexual relations with your dead brother’s wife, performing the duty of a brother-in-law with her, and have offspring for your brother.”
6148 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:9
9 But Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his own heir, so whenever he had sexual relations with his brother’s wife, he would spill his semen on the ground to avoid fathering offspring for his brother.
6149 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:10
10 The LORD considered what Onan was doing to be evil, so he put him to death, too.
6150 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:11
… house.38:11 Lit. he
6151 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:12
12 Some years later, Shua’s daughter (that is, Judah’s wife) died. As Judah was grieving, he visited the shearers of his flock in Timnah, accompanied by his Adullamite friend Hirah.
6152 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:13
13 “Look!” somebody reported to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
6153 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:14
14 So she took off her mourning apparel, covered herself with a shawl, and concealed her outward appearance. Then she went out and sat at the entrance of Enaim …
6154 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:15
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, since she had concealed her face.
6155 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:16
16 So on the way, he turned aside, approached her, and said, “Come on! Let’s have some sex!” But he didn’t realize that he was talking to his own daughter-in-law. “What will you give me,” she asked, “in order to have sex with me?”
6156 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:17
17 “I’ll send you a young goat from the flock,” he responded. But she pressed him, asking, “What security will you put up until you’ve sent it?”
6157 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:18
18 Then he asked, “What pledge do you want me to give you?” “Your signet ring, cord, and the staff in your hand,” she suggested. So he gave them to her, had sex with her, and she became pregnant by him.
6158 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:19
19 Then she got up and left. Later, she took off her shawl and put on her mourning clothes.
6159 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:20
20 Later on, Judah sent his Adullamite friend to take her a young goat, intending to retrieve what he had put up as security from the woman, but he could not find her.
6160 International Standard Version — Genesis 38:21
21 He asked the men who lived in that area, “Where’s that temple prostitute who was sitting alongside the road at Enaim?” But they replied, “There’s been no temple prostitute here.”