Genesis 38:14

New International Reader's Version

So she took off her widow’s clothes. She covered her face with a veil so people wouldn’t know who she was. Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim. Enaim is on the road to Timnah. Tamar knew that Shelah had grown up. But she hadn’t been given to him as his wife.

Cross References

Genesis 24:65

She asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “He’s my master,” the servant answered. So she covered her face with her veil.

Genesis 38:15

Judah saw her. He thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face with a veil.

Genesis 38:19

After she left, she took off her veil. She put on her widow’s clothes again.

Genesis 38:26

Judah recognized them. He said, “She’s a better person than I am. I should have given her to my son Shelah, but I didn’t.” Judah never slept with Tamar again.

Proverbs 7:10

A woman came out to meet him. She was dressed like a prostitute and had a clever plan.

Proverbs 7:12

Sometimes she’s in the streets. Sometimes she’s at other places. At every corner she waits.

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look up at the bare hilltops. Is there any place where you have not worshiped other gods? You have been unfaithful to me like a wife committing adultery. By the side of the road you sat waiting for lovers. You sat there like someone who wanders in the desert. You have made the land impure. You are like a sinful prostitute.

Ezekiel 16:25

They set them up at every street corner. Jerusalem, you misused your beauty. You offered your body to anyone who passed by. You did it again and again.