Genesis Chapter 38

• Genesis 38:1
  Genesis.
• Genesis 38:2
  At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
• Genesis 38:3
  There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
• Genesis 38:4
  She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
• Genesis 38:5
  She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
• Genesis 38:6
  She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
• Genesis 38:7
  Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
• Genesis 38:8
  Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.
• Genesis 38:9
  Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
• Genesis 38:10
  Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offsp...
• Genesis 38:11
  The thing which he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, and he killed him also.
• Genesis 38:12
  Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also ...
• Genesis 38:13
  After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, ...
• Genesis 38:14
  Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
• Genesis 38:15
  She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way ...
• Genesis 38:16
  When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
• Genesis 38:17
  He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will...
• Genesis 38:18
  He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
• Genesis 38:19
  He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in t...
• Genesis 38:20
  She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
• Genesis 38:21
  Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.
• Genesis 38:22
  Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
• Genesis 38:23
  He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
• Genesis 38:24
  Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
• Genesis 38:25
  About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution...
• Genesis 38:26
  When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose the...
• Genesis 38:27
  Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
• Genesis 38:28
  In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.
• Genesis 38:29
  When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”
• Genesis 38:30
  As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.
• Genesis 38:31
  Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.