15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.


In Context

12 After a long time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.

13 When Tamar was told, "Your father-in- law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,"

14 she took off her widow's clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, "Come now, let me sleep with you." "And what will you give me to sleep with you?" she asked.

17 "I'll send you a young goat from my flock," he said. "Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?" she asked.

Genesis 38:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Juda saw her, he thought she was a harlot: for she had covered her face, lest she should be known.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:15And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; for she had covered her face.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:15And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.