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Book of Genesis 49

brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his 3 And she conceived, and bore a son, and
words. called his name Her.
28 And when the Madianite merchants passed 4 And conceiving again, she bore a son, and
by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him called him Onan.
to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and 5 She bore also a third: whom she called Sela.
they led him into Egypt. After whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.
29 And Ruben returning to the pit, found not 6 And Juda took a wife for Her, his first born,
the boy: whose name was Thamar.
30 And rending his garments he went to his 7 And Her, the first born of Juda, was wicked
brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear, in the sight of the Lord: and was slain by him.
and whither shall I go? 8 Juda, therefore, said to Onan his son: Go in
to thy brother’s wife and marry her, that thou
31 And they took his coat, and dipped it in
mayst raise seed to thy brother.
the blood of a kid, which they had killed:
9 He knowing that the children should not be
32 Sending some to carry it to their father,
his, when he went in to his brother’s wife, he
and to say: This we have found: see whether it
spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children
be thy son’s coat, or not.
should be born in his brother’s name.
33 And the father acknowledging it, said: It
10 And therefore the Lord slew him, because
is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten
he did a detestable thing:
him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.
11 Wherefore Juda said to Thamar his
34 And tearing his garments, he put on sack-
daughter-in-law: Remain a widow in thy father’s
cloth, mourning for his son a long time.
house, till Sela my son grow up: for he was afraid
35 And all his children being gathered to- lest he also might die, as his brethren did. She
gether to comfort their father in his sorrow, he went her way, and dwelt in her father’s house.
would not receive comfort, but said: I will go 12 And after many days were past: the daugh-
down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst ter of Sue the wife of Juda died: and when he
he continued weeping, had taken comfort after his mourning, he went
36 The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to up to Thamnas, to the shearers of his sheep, he
Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the and Hiras the Odollamite, the shepherd of his
soldiers. flock.
13 And it was told Thamar that her father-in-
law was come up to Thamnas to shear his sheep.
Chapter 38 14 And she put off the garments of her widow-
hood, and took a veil: and changing her dress,
At that time Juda went down from his brethren, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas:
and turned in to a certain Odollamite, named because Sela was grown up, and she had not been
Hiras. married to him.
2 And he saw there the daughter of a man of 15 When Juda saw her, he thought she was
Chanaan, called Sue: and taking her to wife, he a harlot: for she had covered her face, lest she
went in unto her. should be known.