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Genesis 38:19 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. "

Genesis 38:19

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17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

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Genesis 38:14

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"And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife."

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2 Samuel 14:5

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"And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead."

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2 Samuel 14:2

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"And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:"

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2 Kings 4:21

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"And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out."

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Deuteronomy 21:13

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"And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife."

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Judges 19:27

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"And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold."

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Genesis 38:1

"And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah."

Genesis 38:2

"And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her."

Genesis 38:3

"And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er."

Genesis 38:4

"And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan."

Genesis 38:5

"And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him."

Genesis 38:6

"And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar."

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