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16 And going to her, he said: Suffer me to 26 But he acknowledging the gifts, said: She
lie with thee: for he knew her not to be his is juster than I: because I did not give her to
daughter-in-law. And she answered: What wilt Sela, my son. However he knew her no more.
thou give me to enjoy my company? 27 And when she was ready to be brought to
17 He said: I will send thee a kid out of the bed, there appeared twins in her womb: and in
flock. And when she said again: I will suffer the very delivery of the infants, one put forth a
what thou wilt, if thou give me a pledge, till hand, whereon the midwife tied a scarlet thread,
thou send what thou promisest. saying:
18 Juda said: What wilt thou have for a 28 This shall come forth the first.
pledge? She answered: Thy ring and bracelet, 29 But he drawing back his hand, the other
and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand. came forth: and the woman said: Why is the
The woman therefore at one copulation con- partition divided for thee? and therefore called
ceived. his name Phares.
19 And she arose and went her way: and 30 Afterwards his brother came out, on whose
putting off the apparel which she had taken, put hand was the scarlet thread: and she called his
on the garments of her widowhood. name Zara.
20 And Juda sent a kid by his shepherd, the
Odollamite, that he might receive the pledge
again, which he had given to the woman: but Chapter 39

he, not finding her,
21 Asked the men of that place: Where is the And Joseph was brought into Egypt, and
woman that sat in the cross way? And when Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, chief captain of
they all made answer: There was no harlot in the army, an Egyptian, bought him of the Is-
this place, maelites, by whom he was brought.
22 He returned to Juda, and said to him: I 2 And the Lord was with him, and he was a
have not found her; moreover, the men of that prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in
place said to me, that there never sat a harlot his master’s house:
there. 3 Who knew very well that the Lord was with
23 Juda said: Let her take it to herself, surely him, and made all that he did to prosper in his
she cannot charge us with a lie, I sent the kid hand.
which I promised: and thou didst not find her. 4 And Joseph found favour in the sight of his
24 And behold, after three months, they told master, and ministered to him: and being set
Juda, saying: Thamar, thy daughter-in-law, over all by him, he governed the house commit-
hath played the harlot, and she appeareth to ted to him, and all things that were delivered to
have a big belly. And Juda said: Bring her out him:
that she may be burnt. 5 And the Lord blessed the house of the Egyp-
25 But when she was led to execution, she tian for Joseph’s sake, and multiplied all his sub-
sent to her father in law, saying: By the man, to stance, both at home and in the fields.
whom these things belong, I am with child. See 6 Neither knew he any other thing, but the
whose ring, and bracelet, and staff this is. bread which he ate. And Joseph was of a beau-