Genesis 38:14
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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.she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
In other translations
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.she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Hebrew words
וַתָּסַרvatasarand she removedH5493בִּגְדֵיbigdei[the] clothes ofH899אַלְמְנוּתָהּ'almenutahwidowhood herH491מֵעָלֶיהָme'aleihafrom on <the> herH5921וַתְּכַסvatekhasand she coveredH3680בַּצָּעִיףbatza'ifwith the veilH6809וַתִּתְעַלָּףvatit'alafand she wrapped herself upH5968וַתֵּשֶׁבvateshevand she satH3427בְּפֶתַחbefetachat [the] entrance ofH6607עֵינַיִם'einayimEnaimH5879אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עַל־'al-[is] onH5921דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] road ofH1870תִּמְנָתָהtimnatahTimnah towardsH8553כִּיkiforH3588רָאֲתָהra'atahshe had seenH7200כִּי־ki-thatH3588גָדַלgadalhe had grown upH1431שֵׁלָהshelahShelahH7956וְהִואvehiv'and sheH1931לֹא־lo'-notH3808נִתְּנָהnitenahshe had been givenH5414לוֹloto <the> himלְאִשָּׁה׃le'ishahto a wifeH802
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Related verses
- Genesis 38:26And 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.Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
- Genesis 24:65For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
- Genesis 38:11-1311 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.11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house. 12 After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah. 13 When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
- Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- Proverbs 7:12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
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People and places
People: Shelah (son of Judah)
Places: Enaim, Timnah (Genesis 38)