English Bible Presentation Sharing - Genesis Book, chapter 38, verse 42 in Nlv Version

Genesis 38 : 1 (NLV)

Judah went away from his brothers at that time. He visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.

Genesis 38 : 2 (NLV)

There Judah saw a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her as his wife and lived with her.

Genesis 38 : 3 (NLV)

And she was going to have a child and gave birth to a son. He gave him the name Er.

Genesis 38 : 4 (NLV)

Then she was going to have another child and she gave birth to a son. She gave him the name Onan.

Genesis 38 : 5 (NLV)

Then she gave birth to another son at Chezib. And she gave him the name Shelah.

Genesis 38 : 6 (NLV)

Judah chose a wife for his firstborn son Er. Her name was Tamar.

Genesis 38 : 7 (NLV)

But Er, Judah's first-born, was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. So the Lord took his life.

Genesis 38 : 8 (NLV)

Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife. Do your duty as her brother-in-law. Have children for your brother."

Genesis 38 : 9 (NLV)

But Onan knew that the children would not be his. So when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground to keep his brother from having children.

Genesis 38 : 10 (NLV)

What he did was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. So the Lord took his life also.

Genesis 38 : 11 (NLV)

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Stay in your father's house as a woman whose husband has died, until my son Shelah is grown. "For he thought, "I am afraid that he also may die like his brothers." So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

Genesis 38 : 12 (NLV)

Now after a long time, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. And after the time of sorrow, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went to the men who cut the wool from his sheep at Timnah.

Genesis 38 : 13 (NLV)

It was told to Tamar, "Your father-in-law is going to Timnah to cut the wool from his sheep."

Genesis 38 : 14 (NLV)

So she took off the clothes of a woman whose husband has died and put on other clothes and covered her face with cloth. Then she sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown, and she had not been given to him for a wife.

Genesis 38 : 15 (NLV)

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a woman who sold the use of her body. For she had covered her face.

Genesis 38 : 16 (NLV)

He went to her at the side of the road, and said, "Here now, let me come in to you." He did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, "What will you give me to come in to me?"

Genesis 38 : 17 (NLV)

He answered, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." She asked, "Will you give something as a promise until you send it?"

Genesis 38 : 18 (NLV)

He said, "What should I give you as a promise?" And she said, "The ring you use to mark your name, and its string, and the stick that is in your hand." So he gave them to her and went in to her. And she was going to have a baby by him.

Genesis 38 : 19 (NLV)

Then she got up and left. She took off the cloth that covered her, and put on the clothes worn by a woman whose husband has died.

Genesis 38 : 20 (NLV)

Judah sent his friend the Adullamite to bring the young goat to the woman and take from her the things he had given as a promise. But he did not find her.

Genesis 38 : 21 (NLV)

He asked the men of the place, "Where is the woman who was selling the use of her body beside the road at Enaim?" They said, "There has been no woman selling the use of her body here."

Genesis 38 : 22 (NLV)

So he returned to Judah, and said, "I did not find her. The men of the place said, 'There has been no woman selling the use of her body here.' "

Genesis 38 : 23 (NLV)

Then Judah said, "Let her keep the things, or else we will be laughed at. I sent the young goat, and you did not find her."

Genesis 38 : 24 (NLV)

About three months later, Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has sold the use of her body. She is going to have a baby by doing this sinful thing." Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!"

Genesis 38 : 25 (NLV)

When she was brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, "I am going to have a baby by the man who owns these things." She said, "Look and see, who owns this ring for marking a name, and this string and stick?"

Genesis 38 : 26 (NLV)

Judah saw that they belonged to him. He said, "She is more right than I, because I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not lie with her again.

Genesis 38 : 27 (NLV)

When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were two babies.

Genesis 38 : 28 (NLV)

While she was giving birth, one put out a hand. The nurse took his hand and tied a red string around it, saying, "This one came out first."

Genesis 38 : 29 (NLV)

But when he pulled away his hand, his brother was born. Then she said, "What an opening you have made for yourself!" So he was given the name of Perez.

Genesis 38 : 30 (NLV)

After that, his brother came out with the red string around his hand. He was given the name Zerah.