Genesis 38:14
And she put off her widowʼs garments from her, and covered her with a tze'if (veil, shleier), and disguised herself, and sat at the entrance of Einayim which is on the derech to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him as isha.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15When Yehudah saw her, he thought her to be a zonah; because she had covered her face.
Cross References
Genesis 38:11Then said Yehudah to Tamar his shnur, Remain an almanah at thy bais avi, till Shelah beni is grown; for he said, Lest he die also, as his achim did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her bais avi.
Genesis 38:26And Yehudah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more tzadekah than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah beni. And he knew her again no more.
Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the hilltops, and see! 1 Where hast thou not been lain with? 1 In the drakhim (ways, roads) hast thou sat [waiting] for them, 1 as the nomad in the midbar; 1 and thou hast defiled the eretz 1 with thy zenut (whoredom, prostitution) and with thy ra'ah (wickedness). 1
Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:13-24
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When… Read the whole commentary →