Gen. 38:1‑30• 1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a man of Adullam whose name was Hirah.
2And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her.
3And she conceived and bare a son; and he called his name Er;
4and she again conceived and bore a son; and she called his name Onan.
5And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.
6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah slew him.
8And Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and fulfil to her the brother-in-law's duty, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
10And what he did was evil in the eyes of Jehovah; and he slew him also.
11And Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father's house, until Shelah my son is grown; for he said, Lest he die also as his brothers. And Tamar went and remained in her father's house.
12And the days were multiplied when the daughter of Shua, Judah's wife, died.
13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
14And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife.
15{i}And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.{/i}
16{i}And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me go in to thee; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in to me?{/i}
17{i}And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, until thou send it?{/i}
18{i}And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy lace, and thy staff which is in thy hand. And he gave it her, and went in to her; and she conceived by him.{/i}
19{i}And she arose and went away; and she laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.{/i}
20{i}And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not.{/i}
21{i}And he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute that was at Enaim, by the way-side? And they said, There was no prostitute here.{/i}
22{i}And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, No prostitute has been here.{/i}
23{i}Then Judah said, Let her take it for herself, lest we be put to shame. Behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.{/i}
24{i}And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law has committed fornication, and behold, she is also with child by fornication. And Judah said, Bring her forth, that she may be burned.{/i}
25{i}When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these belong am I with child; and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, whose are this signet, and this lace, and this staff.{/i}
26{i}And Judah acknowledged them , and said, She is more righteous than I, because I have not given her to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.{/i}
27{i}And it came to pass at the time of her delivery, that behold, twins were in her womb.{/i}
28{i}And it came to pass when she brought forth, that one stretched out his hand, and the midwife took it and bound round his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.{/i}
29{i}And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! on thee be the breach! And they called his name Pherez.{/i}
30{i}And afterwards came out his brother, round whose hand was the scarlet thread; and they called his name Zerah.{/i} (Gen. 38:1‑30)
Gen. 44:18‑34• 18Then Judah came near to him, and said, Ah! my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou [art] even as Pharaoh.
19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20And we said to my lord, We have an aged father, and a child born to him in his old age, a young one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.
21And thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.
22And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for [if] he should leave his father, he [his father] would die.
23And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
24And it came to pass when we came up to thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
26But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face unless our youngest brother [be] with us.
27And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];
28and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces, and I have not seen him since.
29And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with evil to Sheol.
30Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad [is] not with us, seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad's soul,
31it will come to pass, when he sees that the lad [is] not [with us], that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
32For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all the days.
33And now let thy servant stay, I pray thee, instead of the lad a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren;
34for how should I go up to my father if the lad [were] not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come to my father. (Gen. 44:18‑34)