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1 And it came to pass at that time, that Ju­dah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a cer­tain Adul­lamite, whose name was Hi­rah. 2 And Ju­dah saw there a daugh­ter of a cer­tain Canaan­ite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she con­ceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she con­ceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again con­ceived, and bare a son; and called his name She­lah: and he was at Chez­ib, when she bare him. 6 And Ju­dah took a wife for Er his first­born, whose name was Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah's first­born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. 8 And Ju­dah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and mar­ry her, and raise up seed to thy broth­er. 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his broth­er. 10 And the thing which he did dis­pleased the LORD: where­fore he slew him al­so. 11 Then said Ju­dah to Tamar his daugh­ter in law, Re­main a wid­ow at thy father's house, till She­lah my son be grown: for he said, Lest per­ad­ven­ture he die al­so, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 And in pro­cess of time the daugh­ter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Ju­dah was com­fort­ed, and went up unto his sheepshear­ers to Tim­nath, he and his friend Hi­rah the Adul­lamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, say­ing, Be­hold thy fa­ther in law goeth up to Tim­nath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's gar­ments off from her, and cov­ered her with a vail, and wrapped her­self, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Tim­nath; for she saw that She­lah was grown, and she was not giv­en unto him to wife. 15 When Ju­dah saw her, he thought her ­to be an har­lot; be­cause she had cov­ered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daugh­ter in law. ) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she con­ceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the gar­ments of her wid­ow­hood. 20 And Ju­dah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adul­lamite, to re­ceive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, say­ing, Where is the har­lot, that was open­ly by the way side? And they said, There was no har­lot in this place. 22 And he re­turned to Ju­dah, and said, I can­not find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no har­lot in this place. 23 And Ju­dah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: be­hold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 24 And it came to pass about three months af­ter, that it was told Ju­dah, say­ing, Tamar thy daugh­ter in law hath played the har­lot; and al­so, be­hold, she is with child by whore­dom. And Ju­dah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 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. 26 And Ju­dah ac­knowl­edged them, and said, She hath been more righ­teous than I; be­cause that I gave her not 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, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she tra­vailed, that the one 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, that, be­hold, his broth­er came out: and she said, How hast thou bro­ken forth? this breach be upon thee: there­fore his name was called Pharez. 30 And af­ter­ward came out his broth­er, that had the scar­let thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.