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Genesis 38:25 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.” "
Genesis 38:25
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23 Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
25 When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”
26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
27 In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.
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Genesis 38:1
"At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah."
Genesis 38:2
"There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her."
Genesis 38:3
"She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er."
Genesis 38:4
"She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan."
Genesis 38:5
"She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him."
Genesis 38:6
"Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar."
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