Genesis 38:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 38:13

11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, ^a“Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt ^bin her father’s house.

12 Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah ^awas comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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?”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 38:13

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American Standard Version
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

Amplified® Bible
Then it was told Tamar, Listen, your father-in-law is going up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Contemporary English Version
Tamar found out that her father-in-law Judah was going to Timnah to shear his sheep.

Darby English Version
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

Good News Bible
Someone told Tamar that her father-in-law was going to Timnah to shear his sheep.

King James Version
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

New American Standard Bible
It was told to Tamar, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

New International Version
When Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,"

New King James Version
And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
People told Tamar, "Behold, your father-in-law goes up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

Revised Standard Version
And when Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,"

Young's Literal Translation
And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'

New English Translation
Tamar was told,¹ “Look, your father-in-law is going up² to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

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