Genesis 38
1This Judah left his brothers, and he went to stay with a man from the town called Adullam. That man’s name was Hirah.
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11Then So Judah talked to Tamar, and he tried to trick her. He said to her, “ My son Shelah is too young to marry you now. So go back to your father’s house, and live there. Don’t get married to anyone else. Later on, Shelah will grow up, and then you can marry him.” So Tamar went back to her father’s house, and she lived there. Judah’s son Shelah grew up and became a man. But Judah didn’t keep that promise he made to Tamar. He didn’t let her marry his son Shelah. 1 Tamar tricked Judah
12Some Judah’s work-men were in the place called Timnah. They were cutting the wool off Judah’s sheep. Judah wanted to visit his work-men, so he started to go towards Timnah, and his friend Hirah went with him. That man Hirah, he was from the town called Adullam.
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14Tamar thought about At that time, Tamar was wearing the sort of clothes that widows wear. But then, Tamar changed those clothes, and she put on some pretty clothes, and she put a scarf over her head, to cover her face. Then she went and sat outside the town called Enayim. That town is on the road that goes to Timnah.
15-16 Later, Judah walked along that road, and he saw Tamar sitting there. She had that scarf over her head, and Judah couldn’t see her face. So Judah didn’t know that she was Tamar, his dead son’s wife. He thought she was a Tamar said, “If I sleep with you, then you have to give me something to pay me. What will you give me?”
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17Judah said, “ After Tamar said, “ All right. But first, you have to give me something that belongs to you, to show that you promised to send me a young goat.”
18Judah said, “ All Tamar said, “ Give me that necklace with your special stamp on it, and your walking stick.” (Judah used that special stamp like a signature.) So Judah gave those things to Tamar. Then he slept with Tamar, like a man sleeps with his wife, and a baby started to grow inside her. Judah gave Tamar his walking stick and the necklace with his special stamp src="Gen 38 artist Judith Knowles.tif" size="col" copy="Judith Knowles" ref="38:18"
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20Judah So Hirah took that young goat, and he went to look for that woman, but he didn’t find her.
21So But those men said, “ There isn’t any woman here that sleeps with men for pay.”
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23Then 1 Judah found out that Tamar tricked him
243 months Judah wanted to punish Tamar for doing that. So he said, “ Go and get her. Put her on a fire, and burn her until she dies.”
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26So So Judah didn’t punish Tamar, and he never slept with her again. 1 Tamar had 2 sons
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28There The 1st baby started to be born. His arm came out. And that working woman, she tied a bit of red string around that baby’s arm, and she said, “ This baby is first.”
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