CHAP. XXXVIII.
2 The mariage of Iudáh. 29 The trespasse of Er and Onán and the vengeance of God that came therupon. 18 Iu∣dáh lycth with his daughter in lawe Tamár. 29. 30 The birth of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and Zarah.
1 ANd at that tymea Iudáh wente downe from his brethren, ād turned into a man called Hiráh an Adullamite.
2 And Iudáh sawe there the daughter of a man called * Shuáh ab Canaanite: and he toke her (to wife,) and went in vnto her.
3 So she conceyued and bare asonne; and he called his name Er.
4 * And she conceiued againe, ād bare a sonne, and she called his name Onán.
5 Moreouer she bare yet a sonne, whome she called Sheláh: and (Iudáh) was at Chezib when she bare him.
6 Then Iudáh toke a wife to Er his first borne (sonne) whose name (was) Tamár.
7 * Nowe Er the first borne of Iudáh was wic∣ked in the sight of the Lorde: therefore the Lord slewe him.
8 Then Iudáh sayd to Onán; Go in vnto thy brothers wife, and do the office of a kinsman vnto her, ād raisec vp sede vnto thy brother.
9 And Onan knewe that the sede shuld not be his: therefore when he went in vnto his bro∣thers wife, he spilled it on the groúde, lest he shulde giue sede vnto his brother.
10 And it was wicked in the eies of the Lorde, which he did: wherefore he slewe him also.
11 Then sayd Iudáh to Tamár his daughter in law,d Remaine a widow in thy fathers house, til Sheláh my sonne growe vp [for he thoght (thus,) Lest he die as well as his brethren] So Tamár went and dwelt in her fathers house.
12 ¶ And in processe of time also the daughter of Shuáh Iudahs wyfe dyed. Then Iudáh, when he” had left mourning, went vp to his shepe sherers to Timnáh, he, and his neygh∣bour Hirah the Adullamite.
13 And it was tolde Tamar, saying, Beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp to Timnah, to shere his shepe.
14 Then she put her widowes garmentes of from her, and couered (her) with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate downe in“ Pet∣háh-enaim, which is by the way to Timnáh, because she sawe that Sheláh was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife.
15 Whē Iudáh sawe her, iudged her an whore: for she had couered her face.
16 And he turned to the way, towards her, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me lye with thee, [for hee knewe not that she was his daugh∣ter in lawe] And she aunswered, What wilt thou giue me forto lie with me?
17 Then sayd he, I will send thee a kid of the goates from the flocke, and she said, (Wel) if thou wilt giue me a pledge, til thou send it.
18 Then he sayd, What is the pledge that I shall giue thee? And she aunswered, Thy si∣gnet, and thy“ cloke, and thy staffe that is in thine hand. So he gaue it her, and lay by her, and she was with childe by him.
19 Then she rose, and went and put her vayle from her and put on her widowes rayment.
20 Afterwarde Iudáh sent a kid of the goates by the hande of hisf neighbour the Adulla∣mite, for to receiue his pledge from the wo∣mans hand: but he founde her not.
21 Then asked he the men of that place, say∣ing, where is the whore, (that sate) in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by the way side? And they answered, There was no whore here.
22 He came therefore to Iudáh againe, ād said, I can not finde her, and also the men of the place said, There was no whore there.
23 Then Iudáh said, Let her take it to her, lest we be” g shamed: beholde, I sent this kid, ād thou hast not founde her.
24 ¶ Nowe after thre moneths, one tolde Iu∣dáh, saying, Tamárthy daughter in law hath played the whore, and lo, with playing the whore, she is greate with chylde. Then Iu∣dah sayd, Bryng ye her forthe and let her beh burnt.
25 When she was broght forthe, she sent to her father in lawe, saying, By the man, vnto whome these thynges (perteine,) am I with childe: and sayd also, Loke, I praye thee, whose these are, the seale, and the cloke, and the staffe.
26 Then Iudáh knewe (them,) and said, She isi more righteous: then I for (she hath done it) because I gaue her not to Sheláh my sonne. So he laye with herk no more.
27 ¶ Nowe, when the time was come that she shulde be deliuered, beholde, there (were) twinnes in her wombe.
28 And when she was in trauel, (the one) put out his hand: and the midwife toke and bo∣unde a red (threde) aboute his hand, saying, This is come out first.
29 But whē hel plucked his hād backe againe, lo, his brother came out, and (the midwife) said, Howe hastm thou broken the breache vp ó thee? and his name was called * Phárez.
30 And afterwarde came out hys brother that (had) the red (threde) about his hand, ād his name was called Zárah.