And she removed her widow’s clothes from herself, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself, and sat by the entrance to the springs on the way to Timnah (for she saw that Shelah had grown up and she had not been given to him as a wife).
Genesis 38:19 - Tree of Life Version After she got up and left, she removed her veil from herself and put on her widow’s clothes. 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. |
And she removed her widow’s clothes from herself, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself, and sat by the entrance to the springs on the way to Timnah (for she saw that Shelah had grown up and she had not been given to him as a wife).
“What kind of pledge shall I give you?” he asked. “Your seal, and your cord, and your staff in your hand,” she said. So he gave them to her and he slept with her, and she got pregnant by him.
When Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he could not find her.
So Joab sent word to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning clothes. Do not anoint yourself with oil but be like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
“What’s the matter with you?” the king said to her. “Truly, I am a widow, my husband is dead,” she said.