<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>, that <sn="3063">Judah</s> went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and turned <sn="5186">in</s><sn="5704">to</s> a <sn="376">certain</s><sn="5726">Adullamite</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="2437">Hirah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="8033">there</s> a <sn="1323">daughter</s> of a <sn="376">certain</s><sn="3669">Canaanite</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="7770">Shuah</s>; and he <sn="3947">took</s> her, and went <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> her. </v>
<vn='3'>And she <sn="2029">conceived</s>, and <sn="3205">bore</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>; and he <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="6147">Er</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And she <sn="2029">conceived</s><sn="5750">again</s>, and <sn="3205">bore</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>; and she <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="209">Onan</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And she yet <sn="5750">again</s><sn="3254">conceived</s>, and <sn="3205">bore</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>; and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="7956">Shelah</s>: and he <sn="1961">was</s> at <sn="3580">Chezib</s>, when she <sn="3205">bore</s> him. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="3947">took</s> a <sn="802">wife</s> for <sn="6147">Er</s> his <sn="1060">firstborn</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="8559">Tamar</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="6147">Er</s>, <sn="3063">Judah</s> 's <sn="1060">firstborn</s>, <sn="1961">was</s><sn="7451">wicked</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="4191">slew</s> him. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="209">Onan</s>, Go <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> thy <sn="251">brother</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>, and <sn="2992">marry</s> her, and raise <sn="6965">up</s><sn="2233">seed</s> to thy <sn="251">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="209">Onan</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="2233">seed</s> should <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> his; and it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="518">when</s> he went <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="251">brother</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>, that he <sn="7843">spilled</s> it on the <sn="776">ground</s>, <sn="1115">lest</s> that he should <sn="5414">give</s><sn="2233">seed</s> to his <sn="251">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the thing <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="7489 5869">displeased</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: wherefore he <sn="4191">slew</s> him <sn="1571">also</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> to <sn="8559">Tamar</s> his <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law, <sn="3427">Remain</s> a <sn="490">widow</s> at thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="5704">till</s><sn="7956">Shelah</s> my <sn="1121">son</s> be <sn="1431">grown</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="559">said</s>, Lest <sn="6435">peradventure</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="4191">die</s><sn="1571">also</s>, as his <sn="251">brethren</s> did. And <sn="8559">Tamar</s><sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in her <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And in process of <sn="7235 3117">time</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="7770">Shuah</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s><sn="4191">died</s>; and <sn="3063">Judah</s> was <sn="5162">comforted</s>, and went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">unto</s> his <sn="1494 6629">sheepshearers</s> to <sn="8553">Timnath</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and his <sn="7453">friend</s><sn="2437">Hirah</s> the <sn="5726">Adullamite</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="8559">Tamar</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s> thy <sn="2524">father</s> -in-law goeth <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="8553">Timnath</s> to <sn="1494">shear</s> his <sn="6629">sheep</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And she <sn="5493">put</s> her <sn="491">widow</s> 's <sn="899">garments</s> off <sn="4480 5921">from</s> her, and <sn="3680">covered</s> her with a <sn="6809">veil</s>, and wrapped <sn="5968">herself</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s> in an <sn="5879">open</s><sn="6607">place</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> to <sn="8553">Timnath</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> she <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7956">Shelah</s> was <sn="1431">grown</s>, and <sn="1931">she</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">given</s> unto him to <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>When <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="7200">saw</s> her, he <sn="2803">thought</s> her to be a <sn="2181">harlot</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> she had <sn="3680">covered</s> her <sn="6440">face</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="5186">turned</s><sn="413">unto</s> her <sn="413">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Go <sn="3051">to</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, let me come <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee; ( <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">she</s> was his <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law.) And she <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> wilt thou <sn="5414">give</s> me, <sn="3588">that</s> thou mayest come <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> me? </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="7971">send</s> thee a <sn="1423 5795">kid</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="6629">flock</s>. And she <sn="559">said</s>, Wilt thou <sn="5414">give</s> me a <sn="6162">pledge</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> thou <sn="7971">send</s> it? </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="6162">pledge</s> shall I <sn="5414">give</s> thee? And she <sn="559">said</s>, Thy <sn="2368">signet</s>, and thy <sn="6616">bracelets</s>, and thy <sn="4294">staff</s><sn="834">that</s> is in thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. And he <sn="5414">gave</s> it her, and came <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, and she <sn="2029">conceived</s> by him. </v>
<vn='19'>And she <sn="6965">arose</s>, and went <sn="1980">away</s>, and laid <sn="5493">by</s> her <sn="6809">veil</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> her, and put <sn="3847">on</s> the <sn="899">garments</s> of her <sn="491">widowhood</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1423 5795">kid</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of his <sn="7453">friend</s> the <sn="5726">Adullamite</s>, to <sn="3947">receive</s> his <sn="6162">pledge</s> from the <sn="802">woman</s> 's <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>: but he <sn="4672">found</s> her <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then he <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s> of that <sn="4725">place</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="346">Where</s> is the <sn="6948">harlot</s>, <sn="1931">that</s> was <sn="5879">openly</s><sn="5921">by</s> the way <sn="1870">side</s>? And they <sn="559">said</s>, There <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="6948">harlot</s> in <sn="2088">this</s> place. </v>
<vn='22'>And he <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="4672">find</s> her; and <sn="1571">also</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="559">said</s>, that there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="6948">harlot</s> in <sn="2088">this</s> place. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="559">said</s>, Let her <sn="3947">take</s> it to her, <sn="6435">lest</s> we <sn="1961">be</s><sn="937">shamed</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, I <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1423">kid</s>, and <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">found</s> her. </v>
<vn='24'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> about <sn="4480 7969">three</s><sn="2320">months</s> after, that it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="8559">Tamar</s> thy <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law hath played the <sn="2181">harlot</s>; and <sn="1571">also</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, she is with <sn="2030">child</s> by <sn="2183">whoredom</s>. And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="559">said</s>, Bring her <sn="3318">forth</s>, and let her be <sn="8313">burnt</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>When <sn="1931">she</s> was brought <sn="3318">forth</s>, <sn="1931">she</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s> her <sn="2524">father</s> -in-law, <sn="559">saying</s>, By the <sn="376">man</s>, <sn="834">whose</s><sn="428">these</s> are, am <sn="595">I</s> with <sn="2030">child</s>: and she <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="5234">Discern</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="4310">whose</s> are <sn="428">these</s>, the <sn="2858">signet</s>, and <sn="6616">bracelets</s>, and <sn="4294">staff</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="5234">acknowledged</s> them, and <sn="559">said</s>, She hath been more <sn="6663">righteous</s><sn="4480">than</s> I; <sn="3588">because</s><sn="5921 3651">that</s> I <sn="5414">gave</s> her <sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="7956">Shelah</s> my <sn="1121">son</s>. And he <sn="3045">knew</s> her <sn="3254">again</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="6256">time</s> of her <sn="3205">travail</s>, that, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="8380">twins</s> were in her <sn="990">womb</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when she <sn="3205">travailed</s>, that the one put <sn="5414">out</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>: and the <sn="3205">midwife</s><sn="3947">took</s> and <sn="7194">bound</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> a scarlet <sn="8144">thread</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2088">This</s> came <sn="3318">out</s><sn="7223">first</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as he drew <sn="7725">back</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>, that, <sn="2009">behold</s>, his <sn="251">brother</s> came <sn="3318">out</s>: and she <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">How</s> hast thou broken <sn="6555">forth</s>? this <sn="6556">breach</s> be <sn="5921">upon</s> thee: therefore his <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="7121">called</s><sn="6557">Pharez</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="310">afterward</s> came <sn="3318">out</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, <sn="834">that</s> had the scarlet <sn="8144">thread</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>: and his <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="7121">called</s><sn="2226">Zarah</s>. </v>