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17 And he said, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge until you send it? 18 And he said, What kind of a pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your ring and your robe and the staff that is in your hand. So he gave them to her, and then went in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose and went away and took off her veil from her and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Arlemite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he could not find her. 21 Then he asked the men of the place, saying, Where is the harlot who sat at the parting of the road? And they said, There is no harlot here. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, No harlot has been here. 23 And Judah said, Let her keep the pledge, lest I be laughed at; behold, I sent this kid, but you could not find her. 24 And it came to pass, about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the harlot; and moreover, she is with child because of her harlotry. And Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned. 25 When they brought her out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these articles belong, I am with child; and she said, Determine whose they are, the ring, the robe, and the staff. 26 And Judah recognized them, and said, She is more righteous than I; because I did not give her in marriage to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail that, behold, there were twins in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one of the babes put out his hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out; and she said, What a breach has been made for you! Therefore his name was called Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his hand; and she called his name Zarah. Genesis 38:17-30, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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