1 E aconteceu no mesmo tempo que Judá desceu de entre seus irmãos e entrou na casa de um homem de Adulão, cujo nome era Hira,
2 E viu Judá ali a filha de um homem cananeu, cujo nome era Sua; e tomou-a por mulher, e a possuiu.
3 E ela concebeu e deu à luz um filho, e chamou-lhe Er.
4 E tornou a conceber e deu à luz um filho, e chamou-lhe Onã.
5 E continuou ainda e deu à luz um filho, e chamou-lhe Selá; e Judá estava em Quezibe, quando ela o deu à luz.
6 Judá, pois, tomou uma mulher para Er, o seu primogênito, e o seu nome era Tamar.
7 Er, porém, o primogênito de Judá, era mau aos olhos do Senhor, por isso o Senhor o matou.
8 Então disse Judá a Onã: Toma a mulher do teu irmão, e casa-te com ela, e suscita descendência a teu irmão.
9 Onã, porém, soube que esta descendência não havia de ser para ele; e aconteceu que, quando possuía a mulher de seu irmão, derramava o sêmen na terra, para não dar descendência a seu irmão.
10 E o que fazia era mau aos olhos do Senhor, pelo que também o matou.
11 Então disse Judá a Tamar sua nora: Fica-te viúva na casa de teu pai, até que Selá, meu filho, seja grande. Porquanto disse: Para que porventura não morra também este, como seus irmãos. Assim se foi Tamar e ficou na casa de seu pai.
12 Passando-se pois muitos dias, morreu a filha de Sua, mulher de Judá; e depois de consolado Judá subiu aos tosquiadores das suas ovelhas em Timna, ele e Hira, seu amigo, o adulamita.
13 E deram aviso a Tamar, dizendo: Eis que o teu sogro sobe a Timna, a tosquiar as suas ovelhas.
14 Então ela tirou de sobre si os vestidos da sua viuvez e cobriu-se com o véu, e envolveu-se, e assentou-se à entrada das duas fontes que estão no caminho de Timna, porque via que Selá já era grande, e ela não lhe fora dada por mulher.
15 E vendo-a Judá, teve-a por uma prostituta, porque ela tinha coberto o seu rosto.
16 E dirigiu-se a ela no caminho, e disse: Vem, peço-te, deixa-me possuir-te. Porquanto não sabia que era sua nora. E ela disse: Que darás, para que possuas a mim?
17 E ele disse: Eu te enviarei um cabrito do rebanho. E ela disse: Dar-me-ás penhor até que o envies?
18 Então ele disse: Que penhor é que te darei? E ela disse: O teu selo, e o teu cordão, e o cajado que está em tua mão. O que ele lhe deu, e possuiu-a, e ela concebeu dele.
19 E ela se levantou, e se foi e tirou de sobre si o seu véu, e vestiu os vestidos da sua viuvez.
20 E Judá enviou o cabrito por mão do seu amigo, o adulamita, para tomar o penhor da mão da mulher; porém não a achou.
21 E perguntou aos homens daquele lugar dizendo: Onde está a prostituta que estava no caminho junto às duas fontes? E disseram: Aqui não esteve prostituta alguma.
22 E tornou-se a Judá e disse: Não a achei; e também disseram os homens daquele lugar: Aqui não esteve prostituta.
23 Então disse Judá: Deixa-a ficar com o penhor, para que porventura não caiamos em desprezo; eis que tenho enviado este cabrito; mas tu não a achaste.
24 E aconteceu que, quase três meses depois, deram aviso a Judá, dizendo: Tamar, tua nora, adulterou, e eis que está grávida do adultério. Então disse Judá: Tirai-a fora para que seja queimada.
25 E tirando-a fora, ela mandou dizer a seu sogro: Do homem de quem são estas coisas eu concebi. E ela disse mais: Conhece, peço-te, de quem é este selo, e este cordão, e este cajado.
26 E conheceu-os Judá e disse: Mais justa é ela do que eu, porquanto não a tenho dado a Selá meu filho. E nunca mais a conheceu.
27 E aconteceu ao tempo de dar à luz que havia gêmeos em seu ventre;
28 E sucedeu que, dando ela à luz, que um pôs fora a mão, e a parteira tomou-a, e atou em sua mão um fio encarnado, dizendo: Este saiu primeiro.
29 Mas aconteceu que, tornando ele a recolher a sua mão, eis que saiu o seu irmão, e ela disse: Como tu tens rompido, sobre ti é a rotura. E chamaram-lhe Perez.
30 E depois saiu o seu irmão, em cuja mão estava o fio encarnado; e chamaram-lhe Zerá.
1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.
9 But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.
10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.
12 And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.
13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
14 She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.
15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
16 And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?
17 And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?
18 And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.
19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
20 Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.
21 And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.
22 So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.
23 And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.
24 Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.
25 And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?
26 Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.
27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
28 And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.
29 But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.
30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.