Genesis 38
1 It came about at that time that Judah left his brothers and stayed with a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
| ויהי בעת ההוא וירד יהודה מאת אחיו ויט עד איש עדלמי ושמו חירה |
2 He met there a daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua. He married her and slept with her.
| וירא שם יהודה בת איש כנעני ושמו שוע ויקחה ויבא אליה |
3 She became pregnant and had a son. He was named Er.
| ותהר ותלד בן ויקרא את שמו ער |
4 She became pregnant again and had a son. She called his name Onan.
| ותהר עוד ותלד בן ותקרא את שמו אונן |
5 She again had a son and called his name Shelah. It was at Kezib where she gave birth to him.
| ותסף עוד ותלד בן ותקרא את שמו שלה והיה בכזיב בלדתה אתו |
6 Judah found a wife for Er, his firstborn. Her name was Tamar.
| ויקח יהודה אשה לער בכורו ושמה תמר |
7 Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him.
| ויהי ער בכור יהודה--רע בעיני יהוה וימתהו יהוה |
8 Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother's wife. Do the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up a child for your brother.”
| ויאמר יהודה לאונן בא אל אשת אחיך ויבם אתה והקם זרע לאחיך |
9 Onan knew that the child would not be his. Whenever he slept with his brother's wife, he spilled the semen on the ground so he would not have a child for his brother.
| וידע אונן כי לא לו יהיה הזרע והיה אם בא אל אשת אחיו ושחת ארצה לבלתי נתן זרע לאחיו |
10 What he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him also.
| וירע בעיני יהוה אשר עשה וימת גם אתו |
11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father's house until Shelah, my son, grows up.” For he feared, “He might also die, just like his brothers.” Tamar left and lived in her father's house.
| ויאמר יהודה לתמר כלתו שבי אלמנה בית אביך עד יגדל שלה בני--כי אמר פן ימות גם הוא כאחיו ותלך תמר ותשב בית אביה |
12 After a long time, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
| וירבו הימים ותמת בת שוע אשת יהודה וינחם יהודה ויעל על גזזי צאנו הוא וחירה רעהו העדלמי--תמנתה |
13 Tamar was told, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
| ויגד לתמר לאמר הנה חמיך עלה תמנתה לגז צאנו |
14 She took off the clothing of her widowhood and covered herself with her veil and wrapped herself. She sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah had grown up but she had not been given to him as a wife.
| ותסר בגדי אלמנותה מעליה ותכס בצעיף ותתעלף ותשב בפתח עינים אשר על דרך תמנתה כי ראתה כי גדל שלה והוא לא נתנה לו לאשה |
15 When Judah saw her he thought that she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
| ויראה יהודה ויחשבה לזונה כי כסתה פניה |
16 He went to her by the road and said, “Come, please let me sleep with you”—for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law—and she said, “What will you give me so you can sleep with me?”
| ויט אליה אל הדרך ויאמר הבה נא אבוא אליך כי לא ידע כי כלתו הוא ותאמר מה תתן לי כי תבוא אלי |
17 He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge until you send it?”
| ויאמר אנכי אשלח גדי עזים מן הצאן ותאמר אם תתן ערבון עד שלחך |
18 He said, “What pledge can I give you?” She replied, “Your seal and cord, and the staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
| ויאמר מה הערבון אשר אתן לך ותאמר חתמך ופתילך ומטך אשר בידך ויתן לה ויבא אליה ותהר לו |
19 She got up and went away. She took off her veil and put on the clothing of her widowhood.
| ותקם ותלך ותסר צעיפה מעליה ותלבש בגדי אלמנותה |
20 Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order that he might receive the pledge back from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.
| וישלח יהודה את גדי העזים ביד רעהו העדלמי לקחת הערבון מיד האשה ולא מצאה |
21 Then the Adullamite asked the men of the place, “Where is the cultic prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has not been a cultic prostitute here.”
| וישאל את אנשי מקמה לאמר איה הקדשה הוא בעינים על הדרך ויאמרו לא היתה בזה קדשה |
22 He returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her. Also, the men of the place said, 'There has not been a cultic prostitute here.'”
| וישב אל יהודה ויאמר לא מצאתיה וגם אנשי המקום אמרו לא היתה בזה קדשה |
23 Judah said, “Let her keep the things, that we not be put to shame. Indeed, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her.”
| ויאמר יהודה תקח לה פן נהיה לבוז הנה שלחתי הגדי הזה ואתה לא מצאתה |
24 It came about after about three months that it was told to Judah, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has committed prostitution, and indeed, she is pregnant by it.” Judah said, “Bring her here and let her be burned.”
| ויהי כמשלש חדשים ויגד ליהודה לאמר זנתה תמר כלתך וגם הנה הרה לזנונים ויאמר יהודה הוציאוה ותשרף |
25 When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law a message, “By the man who owns these I am pregnant.” She said, “Determine please whose these are, the seal and cords and staff.”
| הוא מוצאת והיא שלחה אל חמיה לאמר לאיש אשר אלה לו אנכי הרה ותאמר הכר נא--למי החתמת והפתילים והמטה האלה |
26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I am, since I did not give her as a wife to Shelah, my son.” He did not sleep with her again.
| ויכר יהודה ויאמר צדקה ממני כי על כן לא נתתיה לשלה בני ולא יסף עוד לדעתה |
27 It came about at the time for her to give birth that, behold, twins were in her womb.
| ויהי בעת לדתה והנה תאומים בבטנה |
28 It came about as she was giving birth one put out a hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand and said, “This one came out first.”
| ויהי בלדתה ויתן יד ותקח המילדת ותקשר על ידו שני לאמר זה יצא ראשנה |
29 But then he drew back his hand, and, behold, his brother came out first. The midwife said, “How you have broken out!” So he was named Perez.
| ויהי כמשיב ידו והנה יצא אחיו ותאמר מה פרצת עליך פרץ ויקרא שמו פרץ |
30 Then his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread upon his hand, and he was named Zerah.
| ואחר יצא אחיו אשר על ידו השני ויקרא שמו זרח |
