American Standard Version

Genesis 38:24-29

24Anditcametopassaboutthreeכְּמִשְׁלֹ֣שׁke.mish.LoshH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁ֗יםcho.da.ShimH2320after,thatitwasH1961toldH5046Judahלִֽיהוּדָ֤הli.hu.DahH3063,sayingH559,Tamarתָּמָ֣רta.MarH8559thydaughter-in-lawhathplayedH2181theharlot;andmoreover,behold,sheiswithchildbywhoredom.AndJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063saidH559,Bringהוֹצִיא֖וּהָho.tzi.'U.haH3318herforthH3318,andletherbeH1961burnt.

25WhenH834shewasbroughtH3318forthH3318,shesentH7971toherfather-in-law,sayingH559,Bythemanלְאִישׁ֙le.'IshH376,whosetheseare,amIwithchild:andshesaidH559,Discern,Ipraythee,whosearethese,thesignet,andthecordsוְהַפְּתִילִ֛יםve.ha.pe.ti.LimH6616,andthestaffוְהַמַּטֶּ֖הve.ham.ma.TehH4294.

26AndJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063acknowledgedthem,andsaidH559,Sheismoreמִמֶּ֔נִּיmi.Me.niH4480righteousצָֽדְקָ֣הtza.de.KahH6663thanI, forasmuchasIgaveH5414hernottoShelahלְשֵׁלָ֣הle.she.LahH7956mysonבְנִ֑יve.NiH1121.Andheknewלְדַעְתָּֽה׃le.da'.TahH3045heragainע֖וֹדodH5750nomoreH4480.

27Anditcametopassinthetimeבְּעֵ֣תbe.'EtH6256ofhertravail,that,behold,twinsתְאוֹמִ֖יםte.'o.MimH8380wereH1961inherwombבְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃be.vit.NahH990.

28Anditcametopass,whenshe travailed,thatoneזֶ֖הzehH2088putוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414outahandיָ֑דYadH3027:andthemidwifetookH3947andboundH7194uponhishandיָד֤וֹya.DoH3027ascarletשָׁנִי֙sha.NiH8144thread,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Thiscameoutfirstרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ri.sho.NahH7223.

29Anditcametopass,ashedrewbackH7725hishandיָד֗וֹya.DoH3027,that,behold,hisbrotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251cameout:andshesaidH559, Wherefore hast thoumadeabreachפָּ֑רֶץPa.retzH6556forthyself?thereforehisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034wascalledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Perezפָּֽרֶץ׃Pa.retzH6557.

Read all of Genesis 38

Commentaries on Genesis 38

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain