Genesis 38:14-16

International Children’s Bible

¹⁴ So she took off the clothes that showed she was a widow. Then she covered her face with a veil to hide who she was. She sat down by the gate of Enaim. It was 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.

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute. This was because she had covered her face with a veil. ¹⁶ So Judah went to her and said, “Let me have physical relations with you.” He did not know that she was Tamar, his daughter-in-law.

She asked, “What will you give me if I let you have physical relations with me?”