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Genesis 38:13

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

KJV

Nuntiatumque est Thamar quod socer illius ascenderet in Thamnas ad tondendas oves.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπηγγέλη Θαμὰρ τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες Ἰδοὺ ὁ πενθερός σου ἀνέβη εἰς Θαμνὰ κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

ASV

וַ/יֻּגַּ֥ד לְ/תָמָ֖ר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֥ה חָמִ֛י/ךְ עֹלֶ֥ה תִמְנָ֖תָ/ה לָ/גֹ֥ז צֹאנֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Tamar

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גֹזְזִ֖ים
gzzym
verb · 15×
ה
h
proper_noun · 12×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הָ
h
pronoun · 4×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
תָּמָ֗ר
tmr
proper_noun · 25×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 2:4 — And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
  • 1Sam 25:2 — And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.