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Genesis 38:19

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?

18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

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BSB
Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.
KJV
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
WEB
She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
ASV
And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
DARBY
And she arose and went away; and she laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
BLB
And she arose, and went away, and she took off her veil from her, and she put on the garments of her widowhood.
ÅB
Og hun sto opp og gikk sin vei, og hun la sitt slør av seg og tok på seg sine enkeklær.
OTB
Så reiste hun seg og gikk bort, tok av sløret, og tok på seg enkeplaggene igjen.
B1930
Og hun stod op og gikk sin vei, og hun la sitt slør av sig og tok på sig sine enkeklær.

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  • Genesis 38:14

    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.

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  • 2 Samuel 14:2

    And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

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  • 2 Samuel 14:5

    And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

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