But Naomisaid,"Return,my daughters.Whyshould you gowith me? Have I yetsonsin my womb,that they may be your husbands?
Then Judahsaidto his daughter-in-lawTamar,"Remaina widowin your father'shouseuntilmy sonShelahgrowsup"; for he thought,"[I am afraid] that he toomay dielike his brothers."So Tamarwentand livedin her father'shouse.
Onanknewthat the offspringwould not be his; so whenhe wentin to his brother'swife,he wastedhis seed on the groundin order not to giveoffspringto his brother.
"Whenbrotherslivetogetherand oneof them diesand hasnoson,the wifeof the deceasedshall not be [married] outside[the family] to a strangeman.Her husband'sbrothershall goin to her and takeher to himself as wifeand performthe dutyof a husband'sbrotherto her.
And they saidto her, "[No], but we will surelyreturnwith you to your people."
"Return,my daughters!Go,for I amtoooldto havea husband.IfI saidI havehope,if I should evenhavea husbandtonightand alsobearsons,
