Genesis 38:25
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But when she was led to execution, she sent to her father in law, saying: By the man, to whom these things belong, I am with child. See whose ring, and bracelet, and staff this is.

Discern.

Genesis 38:18 Juda said: What wilt thou have for a pledge? She answered: Thy ring and bracelet, and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand. The woman therefore at one copulation conceived.

Genesis 37:32 Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.

Psalm 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.

Jeremiah 2:26 As the thief is confounded when he is taken, so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their kings, their princes and their priests, and their prophets.

Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from God.

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened, which was the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Context
Judah and Tamar
24And behold, after three months, they told Juda, saying: Thamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot, and she appeareth to have a big belly. And Juda said: Bring her out that she may be burnt. 25But when she was led to execution, she sent to her father in law, saying: By the man, to whom these things belong, I am with child. See whose ring, and bracelet, and staff this is.26But he acknowledging the gifts, said: She is juster than I: because I did not give her to Sela, my son. However he knew her no more.…
Cross References
Genesis 37:32
Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.

Genesis 38:18
Juda said: What wilt thou have for a pledge? She answered: Thy ring and bracelet, and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand. The woman therefore at one copulation conceived.

Lexicon
As she
הִ֣וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was being brought out,
מוּצֵ֗את (mū·ṣêṯ)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

she
וְהִ֨יא (wə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

sent
שָׁלְחָ֤ה (šā·lə·ḥāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

a message
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to her
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

father-in-law:
חָמִ֙יהָ֙ (ḥā·mî·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2524: Husband's father

“I am
אָנֹכִ֖י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

pregnant
הָרָ֑ה (hā·rāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2030: Pregnant

by the man to whom
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

these items
אֵ֣לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

belong.”
לּ֔וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

And she added,
לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Please
נָ֔א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

examine them.
הַכֶּר־ (hak·ker-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5234: To regard, recognize

Whose
לְמִ֞י (lə·mî)
Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

seal
הַחֹתֶ֧מֶת (ha·ḥō·ṯe·meṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2858: Signet ring

and cord
וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים (wə·hap·pə·ṯî·lîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6616: Cord, thread

and staff
וְהַמַּטֶּ֖ה (wə·ham·maṭ·ṭeh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

are these?”
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those


Additional Translations
As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray you, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.

And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff.

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these [belong] am I with child; and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, whose are this signet, and this lace, and this staff.

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

She is brought out, and she hath sent unto her husband's father, saying, 'To a man whose these are, I am pregnant;' and she saith, 'Discern, I pray thee, whose are these -- the seal, and the ribbons, and the staff.'
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