12 Now [a]after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when [b]the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at (A)Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 It was told to Tamar, “[c]Behold, your father-in-law is going up to (B)Timnah to shear his sheep.” 14 So she [d]removed her widow’s garments and (C)covered herself with a [e]veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of [f]Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and (D)she had not been given to him as a wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:12 Lit the days became many and
  2. Genesis 38:12 Lit Judah was comforted, he
  3. Genesis 38:13 Lit saying, Behold
  4. Genesis 38:14 Lit removed from herself
  5. Genesis 38:14 Or shawl
  6. Genesis 38:14 In Josh 15:34, Enam

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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