she put off her widow’s garments, put on a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him in marriage.
Genesis 38:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then she got up and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And she arose and went away and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood. American Standard Version (1901) And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. Common English Bible Then she got up, left, and took off her veil, dressing once again in the clothing she wore as a widow. Catholic Public Domain Version And she arose and went away. And storing away the garments that she had taken up, she was clothed in the garments of her widowhood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she arose and went her way: and putting off the apparel which she had taken, put on the garments of her widowhood. |
she put off her widow’s garments, put on a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him in marriage.
He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, “Your signet and your cord and the staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
When Judah sent the kid by his friend the Adullamite to recover the pledge from the woman, he could not find her.
Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
The king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.