So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face, covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Genesis 38:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised She got up and left, then removed her veil and put her widow’s clothes back on. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And she arose and went away and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood. American Standard Version (1901) And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. Common English Bible Then she got up, left, and took off her veil, dressing once again in the clothing she wore as a widow. Catholic Public Domain Version And she arose and went away. And storing away the garments that she had taken up, she was clothed in the garments of her widowhood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she arose and went her way: and putting off the apparel which she had taken, put on the garments of her widowhood. |
So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face, covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
‘What should I give you? ’ he asked. She answered, ‘Your signet ring, your cord, and the staff in your hand.’ So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get back the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, ‘Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
‘What’s the matter? ’ the king asked her. ‘Sadly, I am a widow; my husband died,’ she said.