Genesis 38:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ So she took off the clothes that showed she was a widow and covered her face with a veil ·to hide who she was [^Land wrapped herself up; ^Cperhaps indicating a woman was a prostitute; see v. 15]. Then she sat down by the gate of Enaim on the road to Timnah. She did this because Judah’s younger son Shelah had grown up, but Judah had not ·made plans for her to marry him [given her to him as a wife].

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face with a veil. ¹⁶ So Judah went to her [^Lon the road side/way] and said, “Let me ·have sexual relations with [^Lcome to] you.” He did not know that she was Tamar, his daughter-in-law.

She asked, “What will you ·give [pay] me if I let you ·have sexual relations with [^Lcome to] me?”