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Genesis 38:25

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When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”

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Genesis 38:25 in other translations

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.

Genesis 38:25 · American Standard Version

Genesis 38:25 in context

  1. 23Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
  2. 24About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.”
    Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
  3. 25When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”
  4. 26Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.”
    He knew her again no more.
  5. 27In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.