12 ¶ And in process of time also the daughter of Shua Judah’s wife died. Then Judah, when he [a]had left mourning, went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he, and his neighbor Hirah the Adullamite.

13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.

14 Then she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat down in [b]Pethah-enam which is by the way to Timnah, because she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:12 Hebrew, was comforted.
  2. Genesis 38:14 Or, in the door of the fountain, or, where were two ways.

12 After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua,(A) died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah,(B) to the men who were shearing his sheep,(C) and his friend Hirah the Adullamite(D) went with him.

13 When Tamar(E) was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”(F) 14 she took off her widow’s clothes,(G) covered herself with a veil(H) to disguise herself, and then sat down(I) at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.(J) For she saw that, though Shelah(K) had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

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