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1그 후에 유다가 자기 형제에게서 내려가서 아둘람 사람 히라에게로 나아가니라 2유다가 거기서 가나안 사람 수아라 하는 자의 딸을 보고 그를 취하여 동침하니 3그가 잉태하여 아들을 낳으매 유다가 그 이름을 엘이라 하니라 4그가 다시 잉태하여 아들을 낳고 그 이름을 오난이라 하고 5그가 또 다시 아들을 낳고 그 이름을 셀라라 하니라 그가 셀라를 낳을 때에 유다는 거십에 있었더라 6유다가 장자 엘을 위하여 아내를 취하니 그 이름은 다말이더라 7유다의 장자 엘이 여호와 목전에 악하므로 여호와께서 그를 죽이신지라 8유다가 오난에게 이르되 네 형수에게로 들어가서 남편의 아우의 본분을 행하여 네 형을 위하여 씨가 있게 하라 9오난이 그 씨가 자기 것이 되지 않을 줄 알므로 형수에게 들어갔을 때에 형에게 아들을 얻게 아니하려고 땅에 설정하매 10그 일이 여호와 목전에 악하므로 여호와께서 그도 죽이시니 11유다가 그 며느리 다말에게 이르되 수절하고 네 아비 집에 있어서 내 아들 셀라가 장성하기를 기다리라 하니 셀라도 그 형들 같이 죽을까 염려함이라 다말이 가서 그 아비 집에 있으니라 12얼마 후에 유다의 아내 수아의 딸이 죽은지라 유다가 위로를 받은 후에 그 친구 아둘람 사람 히라와 함께 딤나로 올라가서 자기 양털 깍는 자에게 이르렀더니 13혹이 다말에게 고하되 네 시부가 자기 양털을 깎으려고 딤나에 올라왔다 한지라 14그가 그 과부의 의복을 벗고 면박으로 얼굴을 가리고 몸을 휩싸고 딤나 길 곁 에나임 문에 앉으니 이는 셀라가 장성함을 보았어도 자기를 그의 아내로 주지 않음을 인함이라 15그가 얼굴을 가리웠으므로 유다가 그를 보고 창녀로 여겨 16길 곁으로 그에게 나아가 가로되 청컨대 나로 네게 들어가게 하라 하니 그 자부인줄 알지 못하였음이라 그가 가로되 당신이 무엇을 주고 내게 들어 오려느냐 17유다가 가로되 내가 내 떼에서 염소 새끼를 주리라 그가 가로되 당신이 그것을 줄 때까지 약조물을 주겠느냐 18유다가 가로되 무슨 약조물을 네게 주랴 그가 가로되 당신의 도장과 그 끈과 당신의 손에 있는 지팡이로 하라 유다가 그것들을 그에게 주고 그에게로 들어갔더니 그가 유다로 말미암아 잉태하였더라 19그가 일어나 떠나가서 그 면박을 벗고 과부의 의복을 도로 입으니라 20유다가 그 친구 아둘람 사람의 손에 부탁하여 염소 새끼를 보내고 그 여인의 손에서 약조물을 찾으려 하였으나 그가 그 여인을 찾지 못한지라 21그가 그곳 사람에게 물어 가로되 길 곁 에나임에 있던 창녀가 어디 있느냐 그들이 가로되 여기는 창녀가 없느니라 22그가 유다에게로 돌아와 가로되 내가 그를 찾지 못하고 그곳 사람도 이르기를 여기는 창녀가 없다 하더라 23유다가 가로되 그로 그것을 가지게 두라 우리가 부끄러움을 당할까 하노라 내가 이 염소 새끼를 보내었으나 그대가 그를 찾지 못하였느니라 24석 달쯤 후에 혹이 유다에게 고하여 가로되 네 며느리 다말이 행음하였고 그 행음함을 인하여 잉태하였느니라 유다가 가로되 그를 끌어 내어 불사르라 25여인이 끌려 나갈 때에 보내어 시부에게 이르되 이 물건 임자로 말미암아 잉태하였나이다 청컨대 보소서 이 도장과 그 끈과 지팡이가 뉘 것이니이까 한지라 26유다가 그것들을 알아보고 가로되 그는 나보다 옳도다 내가 그를 내 아들 셀라에게 주지 아니하였음이로다 하고 다시는 그를 가까이 하지 아니하였더라 27임산하여 보니 쌍태라 28해산할 때에 손이 나오는지라 산파가 가로되 이는 먼저 나온 자라 하고 홍사를 가져 그 손에 매었더니 29그 손을 도로 들이며 그 형제가 나오는지라 산파가 가로되 네가 어찌하여 터치고 나오느냐 한고로 그 이름을 베레스라 불렀고 30그 형제 곧 손에 홍사 있는 자가 뒤에 나오니 그 이름을 세라라 불렀더라

1At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her. 3She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er. 4She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan. 5She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him. 6Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him. 8Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother.” 9Onan knew that the seed wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. 10The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he killed him also. 11Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up”; for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house. 12After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite. 13It was told Tamar, saying, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.” 14She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife. 15When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” 17He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?” 18He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him. 19She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her. 21Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.” 22He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’” 23Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.” 24About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burnt.” 25When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man, whose these are, I am with child.” She also said, “Please discern whose are these—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.” 26Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more. 27In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb. 28When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.” 29As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez. 30Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

1En het geschiedde ten zelven tijde, dat Juda van zijn broederen aftoog, en hij keerde in tot een man van Adullam, wiens naam was Hira. 2En Juda zag aldaar de dochter van een Kanaanietisch man, wiens naam was Sua; en hij nam haar, en ging tot haar in. 3En zij werd bevrucht, en baarde een zoon, en hij noemde zijn naam Er. 4Daarna werd zij weder bevrucht, en baarde een zoon, en zij noemde zijn naam Onan. 5En zij voer nog voort, en baarde een zoon, en noemde zijn naam Sela; doch hij was te Chezib, toen zij hem baarde. 6Juda nu nam een vrouw voor Er, zijn eerstgeborene, en haar naam was Thamar. 7Maar Er, de eerstgeborene van Juda, was kwaad in des HEEREN ogen; daarom doodde hem de HEERE. 8Toen zeide Juda tot Onan: Ga in tot uws broeders huisvrouw, en trouw haar in uws broeders naam, en verwek uw broeder zaad. 9Doch Onan, wetende, dat dit zaad voor hem niet zoude zijn, zo geschiedde het, als hij tot zijns broeders huisvrouw inging, dat hij het verdierf tegen de aarde, om zijn broeder geen zaad te geven. 10En het was kwaad in des HEEREN ogen, wat hij deed; daarom doodde Hij hem ook. 11Toen zeide Juda tot Thamar, zijn schoondochter: Blijf weduwe in uws vaders huis, totdat mijn zoon Sela groot wordt; want hij zeide: Dat niet misschien ook deze sterve, gelijk zijn broeders! Zo ging Thamar heen, en bleef in haar vaders huis. 12Als nu vele dagen verlopen waren, stierf de dochter van Sua, de huisvrouw van Juda; daarna troostte zich Juda, en ging op tot zijn schaapscheerders naar Timna toe, hij en Hira, zijn vriend, de Adullamiet. 13En men gaf Thamar te kennen, zeggende: Zie, uw schoonvader gaat op naar Timna, om zijn schapen te scheren. 14Toen legde zij de klederen van haar weduwschap van zich af, en zij bedekte zich met een sluier, en bewond zich, en zette zich aan den ingang der twee fonteinen, die op den weg naar Timna is; want zij zag, dat Sela groot geworden was, en zij hem niet ter vrouw was gegeven. 15Als Juda haar zag, zo hield hij haar voor een hoer, overmits zij haar aangezicht bedekt had. 16En hij week tot haar naar den weg, en zeide: Kom toch, laat mij tot u ingaan; want hij wist niet, dat zij zijn schoondochter was. En zij zeide: Wat zult gij mij geven, dat gij tot mij ingaat? 17En hij zeide: Ik zal u een geitenbok van de kudde zenden. En zij zeide: Zo gij pand zult geven, totdat gij hem zendt. 18Toen zeide hij: Wat pand is het, dat ik u geven zal? En zij zeide: Uw zegelring en uw snoer en uw staf, die in uw hand is; hetwelk hij haar gaf, en ging tot haar in; en zij ontving bij hem. 19En zij maakte zich op, en ging heen, en legde haar sluier van zich af, en zij trok aan de klederen van haar weduwschap. 20En Juda zond den geitenbok door de hand van zijn vriend, den Adullamiet, om het pand uit de hand der vrouw te nemen; maar hij vond haar niet. 21En hij vraagde de lieden van haar plaats, zeggende: Waar is de hoer, die bij deze twee fonteinen aan den weg was? En zij zeiden: Hier is geen hoer geweest. 22En hij keerde weder tot Juda, en zeide: Ik heb haar niet gevonden; en ook zeiden de lieden van die plaats: Hier is geen hoer geweest. 23Toen zeide Juda: Zij neme het voor zich, opdat wij misschien niet tot verachting worden; zie, ik heb deze bok gezonden; maar gij hebt haar niet gevonden. 24En het geschiedde omtrent na drie maanden, dat men Juda te kennen gaf, zeggende: Thamar, uw schoondochter, heeft gehoereerd, en ook zie, zij is zwanger van hoererij. Toen zeide Juda: Breng ze hervoor, dat zij verbrand worde! 25Als zij voorgebracht werd, schikte zij tot haar schoonvader, om te zeggen: Bij den man, wiens deze dingen zijn, ben ik zwanger; en zij zeide: Beken toch, wiens deze zegelring, en deze snoeren, en deze staf zijn. 26En Juda kende ze, en zeide: Zij is rechtvaardiger dan ik, daarom, omdat ik haar aan mijn zoon Sela niet gegeven heb. En hij bekende haar voortaan niet meer. 27En het geschiedde ten tijde, als zij baren zou, ziet, zo waren tweelingen in haar buik. 28En het geschiedde, als zij baarde, dat een de hand uitgaf; en de vroedvrouw nam dezelve, en zij bond een scharlaken draad om zijn hand, zeggende: Deze komt het eerst uit. 29Maar het geschiedde, als hij zijn hand weder intoog, ziet, zo kwam zijn broeder uit; en zij zeide: Hoe zijt gij doorgebroken? op u is de breuke! en men noemde zijn naam Perez. 30En daarna kwam zijn broeder uit, om wiens hand de scharlaken draad was; en men noemde zijn naam Zera.