Genesis 38:13
11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
12 After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
14 she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
- KJV
- And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
- WEB
- Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
- ASV
- And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
- DARBY
- And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
- BLB
- And it was told to Tamar, saying, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
- ÅB
- Da det nå ble fortalt Tamar at hennes svigerfar var på vei opp til Timna for å klippe sauene sine,
- OTB
- Tamar fikk høre: "Din svigerfar går opp til Timna for å klippe sine sauer."
- B1930
- Da det nu blev fortalt Tamar at hennes svigerfar var på vei op til Timna for å klippe sine får,