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Genesis 38:13-15
New English Translation
Genesis 38:13-15
New English Translation
13 Tamar was told,[a] “Look, your father-in-law is going up[b] to Timnah to shear his sheep.” 14 So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because[c] she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)[d]
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute[e] because she had covered her face.
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- Genesis 38:13 tn Heb “And it was told to Tamar, saying.”
- Genesis 38:13 tn The active participle indicates the action was in progress or about to begin.
- Genesis 38:14 tn The Hebrew text simply has “because,” connecting this sentence to what precedes. For stylistic reasons the words “she did this” are supplied in the translation and a new sentence begun.
- Genesis 38:14 tn Heb “she saw that Shelah had grown up, but she was not given to him as a wife.”
- Genesis 38:15 tn Heb “he reckoned her for a prostitute,” which was what Tamar had intended for him to do. She obviously had some idea of his inclinations, or she would not have tried this risky plan.
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