Genesis 38:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

She also realized that Shelah was now a grown man, but she had not been allowed to marry him. So she decided to dress in something other than her widow's clothes and to cover her face with a veil. After this, she sat outside the town of Enaim on the road to Timnah.

Cross References

Genesis 38:15

When Judah came along, he did not recognize her because of the veil. He thought she was a prostitute

Genesis 38:19

After returning home, Tamar took off the veil and dressed in her widow's clothes again.

Genesis 38:26

“Those are mine!” Judah admitted. “She's a better person than I am, because I broke my promise to let her marry my son Shelah.” After this, Judah never slept with her again.

Proverbs 7:10

She was dressed up like a woman of the street with only one thing in mind.

Proverbs 7:12

who walk street after street, waiting to trap a man.

Jeremiah 3:2

Just try to find one hilltop where you haven't gone to worship other gods by having sex. You sat beside the road like a robber in ambush, except you offered yourself to every passer-by. Your sins of unfaithfulness have polluted the land.

Ezekiel 16:25

where you disgraced yourself by having sex with anyone who walked by. And you did that more and more every day!