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And it came to pass at that time[H6256], that Judah[H3063] went down[H3381] from his brethren[H251], and turned[H5186] in to a certain[H376]Adullamite[H5726], whose name[H8034] was Hirah[H2437].
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And Judah[H3063]saw[H7200] there a daughter[H1323] of a certain[H376]Canaanite[H3669], whose name[H8034] was Shuah[H7770]; and he took her[H3947], and went in[H935] unto her[H3947].
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And she conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]; and he called[H7121] his name[H8034]Er[H6147].
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And she conceived[H2029] again, and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]; and she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Onan[H209].
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And she yet again conceived[H3254], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]; and called[H7121] his name[H8034]Shelah[H7956]: and he was at Chezib[H3580], when she bare[H3205] him.
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And Judah[H3063]took[H3947] a wife[H802] for Er[H6147] his firstborn[H1060], whose name[H8034] was Tamar[H8559].
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And Er[H6147], Judah's firstborn[H1060], was wicked[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068]; and the LORD[H3068]slew[H4191] him.
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And Judah[H3063]said[H559] unto Onan[H209], Go in[H935] unto thy brother[H251]'s wife[H802], and marry[H2992] her, and raise up[H6965]seed[H2233] to thy brother[H251].
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And Onan[H209]knew[H3045] that the seed[H2233] should not be his; and it came to pass, when[H518] he went in[H935] unto his brother[H251]'s wife[H802], that he spilled[H7843] it on the ground[H776], lest[H1115] that he should give[H5414]seed[H2233] to his brother[H251].
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And the thing which[H834] he did[H6213]displeased[H3415] the LORD[H3068]: wherefore he slew[H4191] him also.
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Then said[H559]Judah[H3063] to Tamar[H8559] his daughter in law[H3618], Remain[H3427] a widow[H490] at thy father's house[H1004], till Shelah[H7956] my son[H1121] be grown[H1431]: for he said[H559], Lest peradventure he die[H4191] also, as his brethren[H251] did. And Tamar[H8559]went[H3212] and dwelt[H3427] in her father's house[H1004].
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And in process[H7235] of time[H3117] the daughter[H1323] of Shuah[H7770]Judah[H3063]'s wife[H802]died[H4191]; and Judah[H3063] was comforted[H5162], and went up[H5927] unto his sheepshearers[H1494] to Timnath[H8553], he and his friend[H7453]Hirah[H2437] the Adullamite[H5726].
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And it was told[H5046]Tamar[H8559], saying[H559], Behold thy father in law[H2524] goeth up[H5927] to Timnath[H8553] to shear[H1494] his sheep[H6629].
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And she put[H5493]her[H3680] widow's garments[H899]off[H5493] from her[H3680], and covered her[H3680] with a vail[H6809], and wrapped herself[H5968], and sat in[H3427] an open[H5869]place[H6607], which is by the way[H1870] to Timnath[H8553]; for she saw[H7200] that Shelah[H7956] was grown[H1431], and she was not given[H5414] unto him to wife[H802].
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When Judah[H3063] saw her[H7200], he thought[H2803]her[H7200] to be an harlot[H2181]; because she had covered[H3680]her[H7200]face[H6440].
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And he turned[H5186] unto her by the way[H1870], and said[H559], Go to[H3051], I pray thee, let me come in[H935] unto thee;(for he knew[H3045] not that she was his daughter in[H935]law[H3618].) And she said[H559], What wilt thou give[H5414] me, that thou mayest come in[H935] unto me?
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And he said[H559], I will send[H7971] thee a kid[H5795] from the flock[H6629]. And she said[H559], Wilt thou give[H5414] me a pledge[H6162], till thou send[H7971] it?
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And he said[H559], What[H834]pledge[H6162] shall I give[H5414] thee? And she said[H559], Thy signet[H2368], and thy bracelets[H6616], and thy staff[H4294] that is in[H935] thine hand[H3027]. And he gave[H5414] it her, and came in[H935] unto her, and she conceived[H2029] by him.
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And she arose[H6965], and went away[H3212], and laid by[H5493] her vail[H6809] from her, and put on[H3847] the garments[H899] of her widowhood[H491].
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And Judah[H3063]sent[H7971] the kid[H1423] by the hand[H3027] of his friend[H7453] the Adullamite[H5726], to receive[H3947] his pledge[H6162] from the woman's hand[H3027]: but he found her[H4672] not.
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Then he asked[H7592] the men[H582] of that place[H4725], saying[H559], Where is the harlot[H6948], that was openly[H5869] by the way side?[H1870] And they said[H559], There was no harlot[H6948] in this[H2088]place[H4725].
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And he returned[H7725] to Judah[H3063], and said[H559], I cannot[H3808]find[H4672] her; and also the men[H582] of the place[H4725]said[H559], that there was no harlot[H6948] in this place[H4725].
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And Judah[H3063]said[H559], Let her take[H3947] it to her, lest we be shamed[H937]: behold, I sent[H7971] this kid[H1423], and thou hast not found[H4672] her.
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And it came to pass about three[H7969]months[H2320] after, that it was told[H5046]Judah[H3063], saying[H559], Tamar[H8559] thy daughter in law[H3618] hath played the harlot[H2181]; and also, behold, she is with child[H2030] by whoredom[H2183]. And Judah[H3063]said[H559], Bring her forth[H3318], and let her be burnt[H8313].
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When she was brought forth[H3318], she sent[H7971] to her father in law[H2524], saying[H559], By the man[H376], whose these are, am I with child[H2030]: and she said[H559], Discern[H5234], I pray thee, whose are these, the signet[H2858], and bracelets[H6616], and staff[H4294].
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And Judah[H3063]acknowledged[H5234] them, and said[H559], She hath been more righteous[H6663] than I; because that I gave[H5414]her[H3045] not to Shelah[H7956] my son[H1121]. And he knew her[H3045]again[H3254] no more.
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And it came to pass in the time[H6256] of her travail[H3205], that, behold, twins[H8380] were in her womb[H990].
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And it came to pass, when she travailed[H3205], that the one put out[H5414] his hand[H3027]: and the midwife[H3205]took[H3947] and bound[H7194] upon his hand[H3027] a scarlet thread[H8144], saying[H559], This came out[H3318]first[H7223].
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And it came to pass, as he drew back[H7725] his hand[H3027], that, behold, his brother[H251] came out[H3318]: and she said[H559], How hast thou broken forth?[H6555] this breach[H6556] be upon thee: therefore his name[H8034] was called[H7121]Pharez[H6557].
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And afterward[H310] came out[H3318] his brother[H251], that had the scarlet thread[H8144] upon his hand[H3027]: and his name[H8034] was called[H7121]Zarah[H2226].