Genesis 38:24
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
KJV
Ecce autem post tres menses nuntiaverunt Judæ, dicentes : Fornicata est Thamar nurus tua, et videtur uterus illius intumescere. Dixitque Judas : Producite eam ut comburatur.
Vulgate
ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τρίμηνον ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Ἰούδᾳ λέγοντες Ἐκπεπόρνευκεν Θαμὰρ ἡ νύμφη σου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει ἐκ πορνείας. εἶπεν δὲ Ἰούδας Ἐξαγάγετε αὐτὴν καὶ κατακαυθήτω.
LXX
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֣י כְּ/מִ/שְׁלֹ֣שׁ חֳדָשִׁ֗ים וַ/יֻּגַּ֨ד לִֽ/יהוּדָ֤ה לֵֽ/אמֹר֙ זָֽנְתָה֙ תָּמָ֣ר כַּלָּתֶ֔/ךָ וְ/גַ֛ם הִנֵּ֥ה הָרָ֖ה לִ/זְנוּנִ֑ים וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֔ה הוֹצִיא֖וּ/הָ וְ/תִשָּׂרֵֽף
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:16 — What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
- 2Sam 12:5 — And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
- Ezek 23:5 — And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
- Ezek 23:19 — Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
- Ezek 23:44 — Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
- Hos 2:5 — For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my
- Job 31:11 — For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
- Judg 19:2 — And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
- Lev 21:9 — And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
- Lev 21:9 — And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
- Matt 1:3 — And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
- Matt 1:19 — Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.