Genesis 38:14

New Living Translation

Tamar was aware that Shelah had grown up, but no arrangements had been made for her to come and marry him. So she changed out of her widow’s clothing and covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. Then she sat beside the road at the entrance to the village of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.

Cross References

Genesis 24:65

“Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant. And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.

Genesis 38:15

Judah noticed her and thought she was a prostitute, since she had covered her face.

Genesis 38:19

Afterward she went back home, took off her veil, and put on her widow’s clothing as usual.

Genesis 38:26

Judah recognized them immediately and said, “She is more righteous than I am, because I didn’t arrange for her to marry my son Shelah.” And Judah never slept with Tamar again.

Proverbs 7:10

The woman approached him, seductively dressed and sly of heart.

Proverbs 7:12

She is often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner.

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look at the shrines on every hilltop. Is there any place you have not been defiled by your adultery with other gods? You sit like a prostitute beside the road waiting for a customer. You sit alone like a nomad in the desert. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and your wickedness.

Ezekiel 16:25

On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution.