Genesis 38:15
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 vail, 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.
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
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 Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
- KJV
- When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
- WEB
- When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
- ASV
- When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
- DARBY
- And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.
- BLB
- And Judah saw her, and he thought her for a prostitute, because she had covered her face.
- ÅB
- Da Juda så henne, tenkte han det var en skjøge; for hun hadde tilhyllet sitt ansikt.
- OTB
- Da Juda så henne, trodde han hun var en prostituert, fordi hun hadde dekket til ansiktet.
- B1930
- Da Juda så henne, tenkte han det var en skjøge; for hun hadde tilhyllet sitt ansikt.