


Genesis 38:11
Bible Versions
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
Then said {H559} Judah {H3063} to Tamar {H8559} his daughter in law {H3618}, Remain {H3427} a widow {H490} at thy father's {H1} house {H1004}, till Shelah {H7956} my son {H1121} be grown {H1431}: for he said {H559}, Lest peradventure he die {H4191} also, as his brethren {H251} did. And Tamar {H8559} went {H3212} and dwelt {H3427} in her father's {H1} house {H1004}.
Then Y'hudah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Stay a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up"; for he thought, "I don't want him to die too, like his brothers." So Tamar went and lived at home with her father.
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
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