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YAH HUDAH AND TAMAR
And so be it, at that time, Yah Hudah descends from his brothers and turns to a man - an Adullamiy whose name is Hirah: 2 and Yah Hudah sees there a daughter of a man - a Kenaaniy whose name is Shuah: and he takes her and goes in to her; 3 and she conceives and births a son; and he calls his name Er. 4 And she conceives again and births a son; and she calls his name Onan. 5 And she yet again, and births a son; and calls his name Shelah: and he is at Kezib, when she births him. 6 And Yah Hudah takes a woman for Er his firstbirth, whose name is Tamar. 7 And Er, the firstbirth of Yah Hudah, is evil in the eyes of Yah Veh; and Yah Veh deathifies him. 8 And Yah Hudah says to Onan, Go in to the woman of your brother and be her levirate and raise up seed to your brother. 9 And Onan knows that the seed is not his; and so be it, when he goes in to the woman of his brother, he ruins it on the earth, lest he give seed to his brother. 10 And what he works is evil in the eyes of Yah Veh: and he deathifies him also. 11 Then Yah Hudah says to Tamar his daughter in law, Settle, a widow at the house of your father, until Shelah my son grows: for he says, Lest he die - even he, as his brothers. And Tamar goes and settles in the house of her father. 12 And as the days abound, the daughter of Shuah, the woman of Yah Hudah dies: and Yah Hudah sighs and ascends to his flockshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamiy. 13
THE WHOREDOM OF YAH HUDAH
And they tell Tamar, saying, Behold, your father in law ascends to Timnah to shear his flock. 14 And she turns aside the clothing of her widowhood and covers her with a veil and wraps herself and sits in the portal of the fountain by the way to Timnah; for she sees that Shelah is grown and she was not given to him to woman. 15 When Yah Hudah sees her, he fabricates her to be one who whores; because she covers her face: 16 and he turns to her by the way and says, Give, I beseech you, that I come in to you; - for he knows not she is his daughter in law. And she says, What give you me, to come in to me? 17 And he says, I send you a kid of the goats from the flock. And she says, What pledge give you me, until you send it? 18 And he says, What pledge give I you? And she says, Your seal and your braids and the rod in your hand. And he gives her and comes in to her - and she conceives by him. 19 And she rises and goes and turns aside her veil and enrobes the clothes of her widowhood: 20 and Yah Hudah sends the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamiy, to take his pledge from the hand of the woman; and he finds her not. 21 Then he asks the men of that place, saying, Where is the hallowed whore, who was at the opening of the fountain by the way side? And they say, There was no hallowed whore here. 22 And he returns to Yah Hudah and says, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place say, that there was no hallowed whore here. 23 And Yah Hudah says, Let her take them to herself, lest we become disrespected: behold, I send this kid and you find her not. 24 And so be it, about three months after, they tell Yah Hudah, saying, Tamar your daughter in law has whored; and also, behold, she conceived by whoredoms. And Yah Hudah says, Bring her, and burn her. 25 They bring her, and she sends to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, I conceived! And she says, Recognize, I beseech you, whose these are - the seal and braids and rod. 26 And Yah Hudah recognizes them, and says, She is more justified than I; because I gave her not to Shelah my son. - and he knew her again no more. 27 And so be it, in the time of her birthing, that, behold, twins in her belly. 28 And so be it, as she births, the one gives out a hand: and the accoucheuse takes and binds scarlet on his hand, saying, This came out first. 29 And so be it, as he turns back his hand, behold, his brother comes out: and she says, How have you breached? This breach be upon you! - and he calls his name Peres. 30 And afterward his brother comes out, with the scarlet on his hand: and he calls his name Zerach.
YAH HUDAH AND TAMAR
And so be it, at that time, Yah Hudah descends from his brothers and turns to a man - an Adullamiy whose name is Hirah: 2 and Yah Hudah sees there a daughter of a man - a Kenaaniy whose name is Shuah: and he takes her and goes in to her; 3 and she conceives and births a son; and he calls his name Er. 4 And she conceives again and births a son; and she calls his name Onan. 5 And she yet again, and births a son; and calls his name Shelah: and he is at Kezib, when she births him. 6 And Yah Hudah takes a woman for Er his firstbirth, whose name is Tamar. 7 And Er, the firstbirth of Yah Hudah, is evil in the eyes of Yah Veh; and Yah Veh deathifies him. 8 And Yah Hudah says to Onan, Go in to the woman of your brother and be her levirate and raise up seed to your brother. 9 And Onan knows that the seed is not his; and so be it, when he goes in to the woman of his brother, he ruins it on the earth, lest he give seed to his brother. 10 And what he works is evil in the eyes of Yah Veh: and he deathifies him also. 11 Then Yah Hudah says to Tamar his daughter in law, Settle, a widow at the house of your father, until Shelah my son grows: for he says, Lest he die - even he, as his brothers. And Tamar goes and settles in the house of her father. 12 And as the days abound, the daughter of Shuah, the woman of Yah Hudah dies: and Yah Hudah sighs and ascends to his flockshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamiy. 13
THE WHOREDOM OF YAH HUDAH
And they tell Tamar, saying, Behold, your father in law ascends to Timnah to shear his flock. 14 And she turns aside the clothing of her widowhood and covers her with a veil and wraps herself and sits in the portal of the fountain by the way to Timnah; for she sees that Shelah is grown and she was not given to him to woman. 15 When Yah Hudah sees her, he fabricates her to be one who whores; because she covers her face: 16 and he turns to her by the way and says, Give, I beseech you, that I come in to you; - for he knows not she is his daughter in law. And she says, What give you me, to come in to me? 17 And he says, I send you a kid of the goats from the flock. And she says, What pledge give you me, until you send it? 18 And he says, What pledge give I you? And she says, Your seal and your braids and the rod in your hand. And he gives her and comes in to her - and she conceives by him. 19 And she rises and goes and turns aside her veil and enrobes the clothes of her widowhood: 20 and Yah Hudah sends the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamiy, to take his pledge from the hand of the woman; and he finds her not. 21 Then he asks the men of that place, saying, Where is the hallowed whore, who was at the opening of the fountain by the way side? And they say, There was no hallowed whore here. 22 And he returns to Yah Hudah and says, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place say, that there was no hallowed whore here. 23 And Yah Hudah says, Let her take them to herself, lest we become disrespected: behold, I send this kid and you find her not. 24 And so be it, about three months after, they tell Yah Hudah, saying, Tamar your daughter in law has whored; and also, behold, she conceived by whoredoms. And Yah Hudah says, Bring her, and burn her. 25 They bring her, and she sends to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, I conceived! And she says, Recognize, I beseech you, whose these are - the seal and braids and rod. 26 And Yah Hudah recognizes them, and says, She is more justified than I; because I gave her not to Shelah my son. - and he knew her again no more. 27 And so be it, in the time of her birthing, that, behold, twins in her belly. 28 And so be it, as she births, the one gives out a hand: and the accoucheuse takes and binds scarlet on his hand, saying, This came out first. 29 And so be it, as he turns back his hand, behold, his brother comes out: and she says, How have you breached? This breach be upon you! - and he calls his name Peres. 30 And afterward his brother comes out, with the scarlet on his hand: and he calls his name Zerach.