Genesis 38:14

Easy To Read Version

Tamar always wore clothes that showed that she was a widow. So she put on some different clothes and covered her face with a veil. Then she sat down near the road going to Enaim, a town near Timnah. Tamar knew that Judah’s younger son Shelah was now grown up. But Judah would not make plans for her to marry him.

Cross References

Genesis 24:65

She said to the servant, “Who is that young man walking in the field to meet us?”

Genesis 38:15

Judah traveled on that road. He saw her but thought that she was a prostitute. [229] (Her face was covered with a veil like a prostitute.)

Genesis 38:19

Tamar went home and took off the veil that covered her face. Then she again wore the special clothes that showed she was a widow.

Genesis 38:26

Judah recognized those things and said, “She is right. I was wrong. I did not give her my son Shelah like I promised.” And Judah did not sleep with her again.

Proverbs 7:10

The woman came out of the house to meet him. She was dressed like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [8]} She had plans for the young man.

Proverbs 7:12

She walked the streets. She went everywhere looking for trouble.

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look up to the bare hilltops, Judah.\par Is there any place where you have not\par had sex with your lovers (false gods)?\par You have sat by the road waiting for lovers,\par like an Arab waiting in the desert.\par You made the land ‘dirty’!\par How? You did many bad things\par and you were unfaithful to me.\par

Ezekiel 16:25

You built your mounds at the head of every road. Then you degraded your beauty. You used it to catch every man that walked by. You raised your skirt so they could see your legs, and then you were like a prostitute {\cf2\super [123]} with those men.