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Genesis 38:15
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13 And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up ato Timnah to shear his sheep.”  
14 So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and asat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw bthat Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.  
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.
16 Then he turned to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. So she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
17 And he said, a“I will send a young goat from the flock.” So she said, b“Will you give me a pledge till you send it?”  
18 Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?” So she said, a“Your signet and cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” Then he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.  
19 So she arose and went away, and alaid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.  
20 And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was1 openly by the roadside?” And they said, “There was no harlot in this place.”  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 38:15

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American Standard Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.

Amplified® Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot {or} devoted prostitute [under a vow to her goddess], for she had covered her face [as such women did].

Contemporary English Version
When Judah came along, he did not recognize her because of the veil. He thought she was a prostitute

Darby English Version
And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.

Good News Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had her face covered.

King James Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

New American Standard Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she {was} a harlot, for she had covered her face.

New International Version
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

New King James Version
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When Judah saw her, he believed she served as a harlot, for she had covered her face.

Revised Standard Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot, for she had covered her face.

Young's Literal Translation
And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,


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