Genesis 19:31 Cross References - DouayRheims

³¹ And the elder said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth.

¹ And Adam knew Eve his wife; who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.

⁴ Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.

² She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,

⁴ And he went in to her. But she perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress.

²⁸ He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and the whole land of that country: and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace.

⁸ Juda, therefore, said to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother. ⁹ He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, he spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name.

¹⁴ And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him. ¹⁵ When Juda saw her, he thought she was a harlot: for she had covered her face, lest she should be known. ¹⁶ And going to her, he said: Suffer me to lie with thee: for he knew her not to be his daughter-in-law. And she answered: What wilt thou give me to enjoy my company? ¹⁷ He said: I will send thee a kid out of the flock. And when she said again: I will suffer what thou wilt, if thou give me a pledge, till thou send what thou promisest. 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. ¹⁹ And she arose and went her way: and putting off the apparel which she had taken, put on the garments of her widowhood. ²⁰ And Juda sent a kid by his shepherd, the Odollamite, that he might receive the pledge again, which he had given to the woman: but he, not finding her, ²¹ Asked the men of that place: Where is the woman that sat in the cross way? And when they all made answer: There was no harlot in this place, ²² He returned to Juda, and said to him: I have not found her; moreover, the men of that place said to me, that there never sat a harlot there. ²³ Juda said: Let her take it to herself, surely she cannot charge us with a lie, I sent the kid which I promised: and thou didst not find her. ²⁴ And 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. ²⁵ 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. ²⁶ But 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. ²⁷ And when she was ready to be brought to bed, there appeared twins in her womb: and in the very delivery of the infants, one put forth a hand, whereon the midwife tied a scarlet thread, saying: ²⁸ This shall come forth the first. ²⁹ But he drawing back his hand, the other came forth: and the woman said: Why is the partition divided for thee? and therefore called his name Phares. ³⁰ Afterwards his brother came out, on whose hand was the scarlet thread: and she called his name Zara.

⁵ When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed for his brother:

¹ And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach.

^{6 (9:5)} For he knew not what he said: for they were struck with fear.