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Genesis 38:24-29

24Anditcametopassaboutthreeכְּמִשְׁלֹ֣שׁke.mish.LoshH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁ֗יםcho.da.ShimH2320after,thatitwasH1961toldH5046Judahלִֽיהוּדָ֤הli.hu.DahH3063,sayingH559,Tamarתָּמָ֣רta.MarH8559thydaughter-in-lawhascommittedfornication,andbehold,sheisalsoוְגַ֛םve.GamH1571withchildbyfornication.AndJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063saidH559,Bringהוֹצִיא֖וּהָho.tzi.'U.haH3318herforthH3318,thatshemaybeH1961burnedוְתִשָּׂרֵֽף׃ve.ti.sa.RefH8313.

25WhenH834shewasbroughtH3318forthH3318,shesentH7971toherfather-in-law,sayingH559,Bythemanלְאִישׁ֙le.'IshH376towhomthese[belong]amIwithchild;andshesaidH559,AcknowledgeH5234,Ipraythee,whosearethissignet,andthislace,andthisstaffוְהַמַּטֶּ֖הve.ham.ma.TehH4294.

26AndJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063acknowledged[them],andsaidH559,Sheismoreמִמֶּ֔נִּיmi.Me.niH4480righteousצָֽדְקָ֣הtza.de.KahH6663thanI,becauseIhavenotgivenH5414hertoShelahלְשֵׁלָ֣הle.she.LahH7956mysonבְנִ֑יve.NiH1121.Andheknewלְדַעְתָּֽה׃le.da'.TahH3045heragainע֖וֹדodH5750nomoreH4480.

27Anditcametopassatthetimeבְּעֵ֣תbe.'EtH6256ofherdelivery,thatbehold,twinsתְאוֹמִ֖יםte.'o.MimH8380wereH1961inherwombבְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃be.vit.NahH990.

28AnditcametopasswhenshebroughtH3318forthH3318,thatoneזֶ֖הzehH2088stretchedout[his]handיָ֑דYadH3027,andthemidwifetookH3947itandboundH7194roundhishandיָד֤וֹya.DoH3027ascarletשָׁנִי֙sha.NiH8144thread,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Thiscameoutfirstרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ri.sho.NahH7223.

29AnditcametopassashedrewbackH7725hishandיָד֗וֹya.DoH3027,thatbehold,hisbrotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251cameout;andshesaidH559,Howמַה־mah-H4100hast thoubrokenH6555forthH3318!ontheebeH1961thebreachפָּ֑רֶץPa.retzH6556!Andtheycalledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Pherez.

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