1 At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.
1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.
2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and lay with her;
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.
4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.
5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
6 Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.
7 But Er, Judahs firstborn, was wicked in the LORDS sight; so the LORD put him to death.
7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8 Then Judah said to Onan, "Lie with your brothers wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother."
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brothers wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 What he did was wicked in the LORDS sight; so he put him to death also.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
11 Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow in your fathers house until my son Shelah grows up." For he thought, "He may die too, just like his brothers." So Tamar went to live in her fathers house.
11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
12 After a long time Judahs wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
13 When Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,"
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14 she took off her widows clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.
14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, "Come now, let me sleep with you." "And what will you give me to sleep with you?" she asked.
16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 "Ill send you a young goat from my flock," he said. "Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?" she asked.
17 And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?
18 He said, "What pledge should I give you?" "Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand," she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19 After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widows clothes again.
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21 He asked the men who lived there, "Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?" "There hasnt been any shrine prostitute here," they said.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where [is] the harlot, that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this [place].
22 So he went back to Judah and said, "I didnt find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, There hasnt been any shrine prostitute here."
22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place].
23 Then Judah said, "Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didnt find her."
23 And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24 About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and have her burned to death!"
24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
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."
25 When she [was] brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these [are, am] I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose [are] these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 Judah recognized them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I wouldnt give her to my son Shelah." And he did not sleep with her again.
26 And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.
27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb.
28 As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, "This one came out first."
28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that [the one] put out [his] hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
29 But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, "So this is how you have broken out!" And he was named Perez.
29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
30 Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out and he was given the name Zerah.
30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.