Genesis 38:11

KJV

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

— Genesis 38:11, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Genesis Chapter 38 connects to 3 cross-references. The story of Judah and Tamar interrupts the Joseph narrative: Judah's sons Er and Onan die, and Judah fails to give his son Shelah to Tamar as levirate husband. Tamar disguises herself as a prostitute, sleeps with Judah, and conceives; …

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ASV

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

YLT

And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, `Lest he die--even he--like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.

BBE

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

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