Genesis 38:23
And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.
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Genesis 38:23
And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.
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Genesis 38:18
And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.
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Genesis 38:19
Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
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Genesis 38:20
Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.
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Genesis 38:21
And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.
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Genesis 38:24
Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.
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Genesis 38:25
And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?
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Genesis 38:26
Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.
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