Genesis 38:14

New American Bible - revised edition

So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a shawl, and having wrapped herself sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she was aware that, although Shelah was now grown up, she had not been given to him in marriage.

Cross References

Genesis 24:65

She asked the servant, “Who is the man over there, walking through the fields toward us?” “That is my master,” replied the servant. Then she took her veil and covered herself.

Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, since she had covered her face.

Genesis 38:19

After she got up and went away, she took off her shawl and put on her widow’s garments again.

Genesis 38:26

Judah recognized them and said, “She is in the right rather than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” He had no further sexual relations with her.

Proverbs 7:10

Then the woman comes to meet him, dressed like a harlot, with secret designs.

Proverbs 7:12

Now she is in the streets, now in the open squares, lurking in ambush at every corner.

Jeremiah 3:2

Raise your eyes to the heights, and look, where have men not lain with you? Along the roadways you waited for them like an Arabian in the wilderness. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution.

Ezekiel 16:25

At every intersection you built yourself a dais so that you could degrade your beauty by spreading your legs for every passerby, multiplying your prostitutions.