Genesis 38:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 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?

  • Gen 38:11-14
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    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.

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

    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.

  • Gen 38:18-27
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    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.

    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 38:1-2
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    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.

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    12 And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

    13 And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,

    14 She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

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

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    7 And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.

    8 And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.

    9 So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.

  • 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.

  • 14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

  • 13 So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

  • 65 And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.

  • 18 So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.

  • 10 And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

  • 11 Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.

  • 2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

  • 31 But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?

  • 16 And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

  • 17 And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.