²⁵ As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. “I am pregnant by the man who owns these,” she said. And she added, “See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.”^(A)

²⁶ Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I,^(B) since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.^(C)” And he did not sleep with her again.

²⁷ When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.^(D)