Genesis 38:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

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  • Gen 38:14-17
    4 verses
    85%

    14 She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

    15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

    16 And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

    17 And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

  • Gen 38:11-12
    2 verses
    84%

    11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

    12 And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.

  • Gen 38:19-27
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    19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

    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.

    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.

    22 So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

    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.

    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.

    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?

    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.

    27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

  • Gen 38:5-6
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    72%

    5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

    6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

  • Gen 38:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.

    2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.

  • 2 Sam 13:18-20
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    18 Now she had on a long robe, such as in past times the king's virgin daughters were dressed in. Then the servant put her out, locking the door after her.

    19 And Tamar, in her grief, put dust on her head; and she put her hand on her head and went away crying loudly.

    20 And her brother Absalom said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? but now, let there be an end to your crying, my sister: he is your brother, do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar went on living uncomforted in her brother's house.

  • Gen 38:8
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    8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

  • Judg 11:38
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    38 And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.

  • 1 Chr 2:4
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    4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • Ruth 4:12
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    12 May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.

  • 2 Sam 13:5
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    5 Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her hand.

  • 1 Sam 25:4
    67%

    4 And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.

  • Gen 24:38
    67%

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    66%

    24 And Absalom came to the king and said, See now, your servant is cutting the wool of his sheep; will the king and his servants be pleased to come?

  • Gen 37:12
    66%

    12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.