Genesis 38:14

Holy Bible: 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 38:26

Judah recognized these 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.

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look up to the bare hilltops, Judah. Is there any place where you have not had sex with your lovers? You sat by the road waiting for lovers, like an Arab in the desert. You made the land ‘dirty’ with all the evil sins you did when you were unfaithful to me.

Proverbs 7:12

She walked the streets, always looking for someone to trap.

Genesis 24:65

She said to the servant, “Who is that young man walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “That is my master’s son.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.

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 who walked by. You raised your skirt so that they could see your legs, and you acted like a prostitute with those men.

Genesis 38:15

Judah traveled on that road and saw her, but he thought that she was a prostitute. (Her face was covered with a veil like a prostitute.)

Proverbs 7:10

Suddenly, there she was in front of him, dressed like a prostitute. She had plans for him.

Genesis 38:19

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