Genesis 38:19

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 38:14

So she took off the clothes that showed she was a widow and covered her face with a veil to hide who she was. Then she sat down by the gate of Enaim on the road to Timnah. She did this because Judah’s younger son Shelah had grown up, but Judah had not made plans for her to marry him.

Genesis 38:18

Judah asked, “What do you want me to give you as a deposit?” Tamar answered, “Give me your seal and its cord, and give me your walking stick.” So Judah gave these things to her. Then Judah and Tamar had sexual relations, and Tamar became pregnant.

Genesis 38:20

Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat to find the woman and get back his seal and the walking stick he had given her, but Hirah could not find her.

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He said to her, “Pretend to be very sad. Put on funeral clothes and don’t put lotion on yourself. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone who died.

2 Samuel 14:5

King David asked her, “What is the matter?” The woman said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.