Genesis 38:24-26
1599 Geneva Bible
24 ¶ Now after three months, one told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the whore, and lo, with playing the whore, she is great with child. Then Judah said, Bring ye her forth and let her be [a]burnt.
25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, unto whom these things pertain, am I with child: and said also, Look I pray thee, whose these are, the seal, and the cloak, and the staff.
26 Then Judah knew them, and said, She is [b]more righteous than I: for she hath done it because I gave her not to Shelah my son. So he lay with her [c]no more.
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- Genesis 38:24 We see that the Law, which was written in man’s heart, taught them that whoredom should be punished with death: albeit no law, as yet was given.
- Genesis 38:26 That is, she ought rather to accuse me than I her.
- Genesis 38:26 For the horror of the sin condemned him.
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