Genesis 38

1 and to be in/on/with time [the] he/she/it and to go down Judah from with brother: male-sibling his and to stretch till man Adullamite and name his Hirah

About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2 and to see: see there Judah daughter man Canaanite and name his Shua and to take: marry her and to come (in): come to(wards) her

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3 and to conceive and to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Er

So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

4 and to conceive still and to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Onan

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5 and to add: again still and to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Shelah and to be in/on/with Chezib in/on/with to beget she [obj] him

Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

6 and to take: take Judah woman: wife to/for Er firstborn his and name her Tamar

Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7 and to be Er firstborn Judah bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to die him LORD

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

8 and to say Judah to/for Onan to come (in): come to(wards) woman: wife brother: male-sibling your and be brother-in-law [obj] her and to arise: establish seed: children to/for brother: male-sibling your

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

9 and to know Onan for not to/for him to be [the] seed: children and to be if to come (in): come to(wards) woman: wife brother: male-sibling his and to ruin land: soil [to] to/for lest to give: give seed: children to/for brother: male-sibling his

But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

10 and be evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD which to make: do and to die also [obj] him

What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

11 and to say Judah to/for Tamar daughter-in-law his to dwell widow house: household father your till to magnify Shelah son: child my for to say lest to die also he/she/it like/as brother: male-sibling his and to go: went Tamar and to dwell house: household father her

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 and to multiply [the] day and to die daughter Shua woman: wife Judah and to be sorry: comfort Judah and to ascend: rise upon to shear flock his he/she/it and Hirah neighbor his [the] Adullamite Timnah [to]

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 and to tell to/for Tamar to/for to say behold father-in-law your to ascend: rise Timnah [to] to/for to shear flock his

When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

14 and to turn aside: remove garment widowhood her from upon her and to cover in/on/with shawl and to enwrap and to dwell in/on/with entrance Enaim which upon way: road Timnah [to] for to see: see for to magnify Shelah and he/she/it not to give: give(marriage) to/for him to/for woman: 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.

15 and to see: see her Judah and to devise: think her to/for to fornicate for to cover face her

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16 and to stretch to(wards) her to(wards) [the] way: road and to say to give [emph?] please to come (in): come to(wards) you for not to know for daughter-in-law his he/she/it and to say what? to give: give to/for me for to come (in): come to(wards) me

Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

17 and to say I to send: depart kid goat from [the] flock and to say if to give: give pledge till to send: depart you

“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”

18 and to say what? [the] pledge which to give: give to/for you and to say signet your and cord your and tribe: rod your which in/on/with hand your and to give: give to/for her and to come (in): come to(wards) her and to conceive to/for him

“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

19 and to arise: rise and to go: went and to turn aside: remove shawl her from upon her and to clothe garment widowhood her

Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

20 and to send: depart Judah [obj] kid [the] goat in/on/with hand neighbor his [the] Adullamite to/for to take: take [the] pledge from hand [the] woman and not to find her

Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

21 and to ask [obj] human place her to/for to say where? [the] cult prostitute he/she/it in/on/with Enaim upon [the] way: road and to say not to be in/on/with this cult prostitute

He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.

22 and to return: return to(wards) Judah and to say not to find her and also human [the] place to say not to be in/on/with this cult prostitute

So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”

23 and to say Judah to take: take to/for her lest to be to/for contempt behold to send: depart [the] kid [the] this and you(m. s.) not to find her

“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”

24 and to be like/as from three month and to tell to/for Judah to/for to say to fornicate Tamar daughter-in-law your and also behold pregnant to/for fornication and to say Judah to come out: send her and to burn

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!”

25 he/she/it to come out: send and he/she/it to send: depart to(wards) father-in-law her to/for to say to/for man which these to/for him I pregnant and to say to recognize please to/for who? [the] ring and [the] cord and [the] tribe: rod [the] these

As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”

26 and to recognize Judah and to say to justify from me for as that: since as as not to give: give her to/for Shelah son: child my and not to add: again still to/for to know her

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.

27 and to be in/on/with time to beget she and behold twin in/on/with belly: womb her

When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

28 and to be in/on/with to beget she and to give: put hand and to take: take [the] to beget and to conspire upon hand his scarlet to/for to say this to come out: produce first

And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.

29 and to be like/as to return: return hand his and behold to come out: produce brother: male-sibling his and to say what? to break through upon you breach and to call: call by name his Perez

But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

30 and after to come out: produce brother: male-sibling his which upon hand his [the] scarlet and to call: call by name his Zerah

Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.