Genesis 38:24
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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.About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
In other translations
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.About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
Hebrew words
וַיְהִי׀vayhiand it wasH1961כְּמִשְׁלֹשׁkemishloshwhen from threeH7969חֳדָשִׁיםchodashimmonthsH2320וַיֻּגַּדvaiyugadand it was toldH5046לִיהוּדָהlihudahto JudahH3063לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559זָנְתָהzanetahshe has acted as a prostituteH2181תָּמָרtamarTamarH8559כַּלָּתֶךָkalatekhadaughter-in-law yourH3618וְגַםvegamand alsoH1571הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009הָרָהharah[she is] pregnantH2030לִזְנוּנִיםliznunimto prostitution<s>H2183וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063הוֹצִיאוּהָhotzi'uhabring out herH3318וְתִשָּׂרֵף׃vetisarefso she may be burnedH8313
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Related verses
- Leviticus 21:9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
- Ezekiel 23:5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
- Hosea 2:5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
- Ezekiel 23:19Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt
- Judges 19:2And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth–lehem–judah, and was there four whole months.But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
- Ezekiel 23:44Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.
- Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Jeremiah 3:1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
- Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
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People and places
People: Judah, Tamar (Genesis 38)