Genesis 38:14
She took off the clothing of her widowhood and covered herself with her veil and wrapped herself. She sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah had grown up but she had not been given to him as a wife.
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13Tamar was told, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
15When Judah saw her he thought that she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
Cross References
Genesis 38:11Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father's house until Shelah, my son, grows up.” For he feared, “He might also die, just like his brothers.” Tamar left and lived in her father's house.
Genesis 38:26Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I am, since I did not give her as a wife to Shelah, my son.” He did not sleep with her again.
Jeremiah 3:2Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and look! Is there any place where you have not had illicit sex? 1 By the roadsides you sat waiting for your lovers, as an Arab in the wilderness. 1 You have polluted the land with your prostitution and 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 →