Genesis 38:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

she put off her widow’s garments, put on a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him in marriage.

Cross References

Genesis 24:65

and said to the servant, “Who is the man over there, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.

Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

Genesis 38:19

Then she got up and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

Genesis 38:26

Then Judah acknowledged them and said, “She is more in the right than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not lie with her again.

Proverbs 7:10

Then a woman comes toward him decked out like a prostitute, with hidden intent.

Proverbs 7:12

now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait.

Jeremiah 3:2

Look up to the bare heights and see! Where have you not been lain with? By the waysides you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitutions and wickedness.

Ezekiel 16:25

at the head of every street you built your lofty place and prostituted your beauty, offering yourself to every passer-by and multiplying your prostitution.