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Genesis 38:23

Judah

21 He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.

22 So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”

“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”

24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

25 As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”

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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.

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BSB
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
KJV
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
WEB
Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
ASV
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
DARBY
Then Judah said, Let her take [it] for herself, lest we be put to shame. Behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
BLB
And Judah said, “Let her take [them] for herself, lest we become despised. Behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.”
ÅB
Da sa Juda: La henne ha det, så vi ikke skal få skam av denne sak! Kjeet har jeg jo sendt henne, men du fant henne ikke.
OTB
Da sa Juda: "La henne beholde tingene, ellers vil vi bli til latter. Jeg har jo sendt denne unge geiten, men du fant henne ikke."
B1930
Da sa Juda: La henne ha det, så vi ikke skal få skam av denne sak! Kjeet har jeg jo sendt henne, men du fant henne ikke.

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 5:12

    For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:9

    Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

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  • Proverbs 6:33

    Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

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  • Romans 6:21

    What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:2

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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  • Revelation 16:15

    “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

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