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¹O dönemde Yahuda kardeşlerinin yanından ayrılıp aşağı bölgeye gitti ve Eiras adında Odollamlı bir adamın yanına yerleşti.

²Yahuda orada Saua adında Kenanlı bir adamın kızını gördü; onu eş olarak alıp onunla birleşti.

³Kadın gebe kalarak bir oğul doğurdu ve onun adını Er koydu.

⁴Yeniden gebe kalarak bir oğul daha doğurdu ve onun adını Aunan koydu.

⁵Bir kez daha bir oğul doğurdu ve onun adını Selom koydu; kadın onları doğurduğu sırada Khasbi'de bulunuyordu.

⁶Yahuda, ilk doğan oğlu Er için Tamar adında bir kadın aldı.

⁷Ancak Yahuda'nın ilk oğlu Er, Rab'bin önünde kötü bir yaşam sürdü ve bu yüzden Tanrı onun canını aldı.

⁸Bunun üzerine Yahuda Aunan'a, "Kardeşinin karısının yanına gir, onunla kayınbiraderlik evliliği görevini yerine getir ve kardeşin için bir soy yetiştir" dedi.

⁹Fakat Aunan doğacak soyun kendisine ait olmayacağını bildiğinden, ne zaman kardeşinin karısıyla birleşse, kardeşine soy vermemek için tohumunu toprağa döküyordu.

¹⁰Bu yaptığı eylem Tanrı'nın önünde kötü göründü ve Tanrı onu da ölüme mahkum etti.

¹¹Yahuda gelini Tamar'a, "Oğlum Selom büyüyene kadar babanın evinde dul olarak kal" dedi; çünkü içinden "Kardeşleri gibi bu da ölmesin" diye geçiriyordu. Böylece Tamar gidip babasının evinde yaşamaya başladı.

¹²Günler geçip zaman ilerledikten sonra Yahuda'nın karısı Saua öldü; Yahuda yas dönemini tamamlayıp teselli bulduktan sonra, kendisi ve Odollamlı çobanı Eiras, koyunlarını kırkanların yanına, Thamna'ya çıktılar.

¹³Tamar'a, "İşte kayınpederin koyunlarını kırkmak için Thamna'ya çıkıyor" diye haber iletildi.

¹⁴Bunun üzerine Tamar dulluk giysilerini üzerinden çıkardı, bir yazlık örtüyle yüzünü örtüp kendini güzelleştirdi ve Thamna yolu üzerindeki Ainan kapılarının girişinde oturdu; çünkü Selom'un büyüdüğünü gördüğü halde kendisinin onunla evlendirilmediğini biliyordu.

¹⁵Yahuda onu görünce bir fahişe olduğunu sandı; çünkü kadın yüzünü tamamen örtmüştü ve Yahuda onu tanıyamadı.

¹⁶Yolunu ona doğru saptırarak yanına gitti ve "İzin ver seninle birleşeyim" dedi; çünkü onun kendi gelini olduğunu bilmiyordu. Kadın, "Benimle birleşmene karşılık bana ne vereceksin?" diye sordu.

¹⁷Yahuda, "Sana sürümden keçilerden bir oğlak göndereceğim" dedi. Kadın, "Sen onu gönderene kadar bana bir güvence verirsen kabul ederim" dedi.

¹⁸Yahuda, "Sana güvence olarak ne vereyim?" diye sordu. Kadın, "Mühür yüzüğünü, kordonunu ve elindeki değneğini" dedi. Yahuda bunları ona verdi, onunla birleşti ve kadın ondan gebe kaldı.

¹⁹Kadın oradan kalkıp gitti, üzerindeki yazlık örtüyü çıkardı ve yeniden dulluk giysilerini giydi.

²⁰Yahuda, kadından güvenceyi geri almak için Odollamlı çobanı aracılığıyla keçilerden bir oğlak gönderdi, fakat çoban kadını bulamadı.

²¹O yerin adamlarına, "Ainan'da yol kenarında duran o fahişe nerede?" diye sordu. Onlar da, "Burada hiç fahişe olmadı" dediler.

²²Çoban Yahuda'ya geri dönüp, "Onu bulamadım; üstelik oranın adamları da 'Burada hiç fahişe olmadı' diyorlar" dedi.

²³Yahuda, "Bırak o eşyalar onda kalsın, yeter ki küçük düşüp alay konusu olmayalım; ben bu oğlağı gönderdim ama sen kadını bulamadın" dedi.

²⁴Yaklaşık üç ay sonra Yahuda'ya, "Gelinin Tamar fahişelik yaptı, üstelik bu fahişelikten gebe kaldı" diye haber verildi. Yahuda, "Onu dışarı çıkarın ve yakılsın!" dedi.

²⁵Kadın ölüme götürülürken kayınpederine şu haberi gönderdi: "Ben bu eşyaların sahibinden gebe kaldım." Ve ekledi: "Lütfen teşhis et; bu mühür yüzüğü, bu kordon ve bu değnek kimindir?"

²⁶Yahuda eşyaları tanıdı ve şöyle dedi: "Tamar benden daha çok haklıdır; çünkü onu oğlum Selom ile evlendirmedim." Bundan sonra Yahuda bir daha onunla ilişkiye girmedi.

²⁷Doğum vakti geldiğinde, kadının rahminde ikizler olduğu görüldü.

²⁸Doğum sırasında bebeklerden biri elini uzattı; ebe hemen onun elini yakalayıp bileğine kırmızı bir iplik bağladı ve "Bu ilk çıkacak" dedi.

²⁹Fakat çocuk elini geri çekince, hemen kardeşi doğuverdi. Ebe, "Kendine nasıl da yol açıp engeli yardın!" dedi. Bu yüzden çocuğa Phares adı verildi.

³⁰Ardından, elinde kırmızı iplik olan kardeşi doğdu; ona da Zara adı verildi.

¹ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ δέ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, κατέβη ᾿Ιούδας ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀφίκετο ἕως πρὸς ἄνθρωπόν τινα ᾿Οδολλαμίτην, ᾧ ὄνομα Εἰράς.

²καὶ εἶδεν ἐκεῖ ᾿Ιούδας θυγατέρα ἀνθρώπου Χαναναίου, ᾗ ὄνομα Σαυά, καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτήν.

³καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ῎Ηρ.

⁴καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν υἱὸν ἔτι καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Αὐνάν.

⁵καὶ προσθεῖσα ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σηλώμ. αὕτη δὲ ἦν ἐν Χασβί, ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν αὐτούς.

⁶καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Ιούδας γυναῖκα ῍Ηρ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ αὐτοῦ, ᾗ ὄνομα Θάμαρ.

⁷ἐγένετο δὲ ῍Ηρ πρωτότοκος ᾿Ιούδα πονηρὸς ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός.

⁸εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιούδας τῷ Αὐνάν· εἴσελθε πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου καὶ ἐπιγάμβρευσαι αὐτὴν καὶ ἀνάστησον σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου.

⁹γνοὺς δὲ Αὐνὰν ὅτι οὐκ αὐτῷ ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα, ἐγίνετο ὅταν εἰσήρχετο πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἐξέχεεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁰πονηρὸν δὲ ἐφάνη ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅτι ἐποίησε τοῦτο, καὶ ἐθανάτωσε καὶ τοῦτον.

¹¹εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιούδας Θάμαρ τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτοῦ· κάθου χήρα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός σου ἕως μέγας γένηται Σηλὼμ ὁ υἱός μου. εἶπε γάρ· μή ποτε ἀποθάνῃ καὶ οὗτος, ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ. ἀπελθοῦσα δὲ Θάμαρ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς.

¹²᾿Επληθύνθησαν δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι καὶ ἀπέθανε Σαυὰ ἡ γυνὴ ᾿Ιούδα· καὶ παρακληθεὶς ᾿Ιούδας ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τοὺς κείροντας τά πρόβατα αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸς καὶ Εἰρὰς ὁ ποιμὴν αὐτοῦ ὁ ᾿Οδολλαμίτης εἰς Θαμνά.

¹³καὶ ἀπηγγέλη Θάμαρ τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ ὁ πενθερός σου ἀναβαίνει εἰς Θαμνὰ κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ.

¹⁴καὶ περιελομένη τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς χηρεύσεως ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτῆς, περιεβάλετο θέριστρον καὶ ἐκαλλωπίσατο καὶ ἐκάθισε πρὸς ταῖς πύλαις Αἰνάν, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν παρόδῳ Θαμνά· εἶδε γὰρ ὅτι μέγας γέγονε Σηλώμ, αὐτὸς δὲ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα.

¹⁵καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν ᾿Ιούδας ἔδοξεν αὐτὴν πόρνην εἶναι· κατεκαλύψατο γὰρ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτήν.

¹⁶ἐξέκλινε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· ἔασόν με εἰσελθεῖν πρὸς σέ· οὐ γὰρ ἔγνω ὅτι νύμφη αὐτοῦ ἐστίν. ἡ δὲ εἶπε· τί μοι δώσεις, ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃς πρός με;

¹⁷ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐγώ σοι ἀποστελῶ ἔριφον αἰγῶν ἐκ τῶν προβάτων μου, ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐὰν δῷς μοι ἀρραβῶνα, ἕως τοῦ ἀποστεῖλαί σε.

¹⁸ὁ δὲ εἶπε· τίνα τὸν ἀρραβῶνά σοι δώσω; ἡ δὲ εἶπε· τὸν δακτύλιόν σου καὶ τὸν ὁρμίσκον, καὶ τὴν ράβδον τὴν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτήν, καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁹καὶ ἀναστᾶσα ἀπῆλθε καὶ περιείλετο τὸ θέριστρον αὐτῆς ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτῆς καὶ ἐνεδύσατο τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς χηρεύσεως αὐτῆς.

²⁰ἀπέστειλε δὲ ᾿Ιούδας τὸν ἔριφον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ ποιμένος αὐτοῦ τοῦ ᾿Οδολλαμίτου κομίσασθαι παρὰ τῆς γυναικὸς τὸν ἀρραβῶνα, καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν αὐτήν. * A note by Herb Swanson: The original has just father , not in law .

²¹ἐπηρώτησε δὲ τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ τόπου· ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ πόρνη ἡ γενομένη ἐν Αἰνὰν ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ; καὶ εἶπαν· οὐκ ἦν ἐνταῦθα πόρνη.

²²καὶ ἀπεστράφη πρὸς ᾿Ιούδαν καὶ εἶπεν· οὐχ εὗρον, καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου λέγουσι μὴ εἶναι ὧδε πόρνην.

²³εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιούδας· ἐχέτω αὐτά, ἀλλὰ μή ποτε καταγελασθῶμεν· ἐγὼ μὲν ἀπέσταλκα τὸν ἔριφον τοῦτον, σὺ δὲ οὐχ εὕρηκας.

²⁴᾿Εγένετο δὲ μετὰ τρίμηνον ἀνηγγέλη τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ λέγοντες· ἐκπεπόρνευκε Θάμαρ ἡ νύμφη σου καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει ἐκ πορνείας. εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιούδας· ἐξαγάγετε αὐτήν, καὶ κατακαυθήτω.

²⁵αὐτὴ δὲ ἀγομένη ἀπέστειλε πρὸς τὸν πενθερὸν αὐτῆς λέγουσα· ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, οὗτινος ταῦτά ἐστιν, ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχω. καὶ εἶπεν· ἐπίγνωθι, τίνος ὁ δακτύλιος καὶ ὁ ὁρμίσκος καὶ ἡ ράβδος αὕτη.

²⁶ἐπέγνω δὲ ᾿Ιούδας καὶ εἶπε· δεδικαίωται Θάμαρ ἢ ἐγώ, οὗ ἕνεκεν οὐκ ἔδωκα αὐτὴν Σηλὼν τῷ υἱῷ μου. καὶ οὐ προσέθετο ἔτι τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτήν.

²⁷᾿Εγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἔτικτε, καὶ τῇδε ἦν δίδυμα ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ αὐτῆς.

²⁸ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ τίκτειν αὐτήν, ὁ εἷς προεξήνεγκε τὴν χεῖρα· λαβοῦσα δὲ ἡ μαῖα ἔδησεν ἐπί τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ κόκκινον λέγουσα· οὗτος ἐξελεύσεται πρότερος.

²⁹ὡς δὲ ἐπισυνήγαγε τὴν χεῖρα, καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ. ἡ δὲ εἶπε· τί διεκόπη διὰ σὲ φραγμός; καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Φαρές.

³⁰καί μετὰ τοῦτο ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐφ᾿ ᾧ ἦν ἐπὶ τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ κόκκινον· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ζαρά.

¹AND it came to pass at that time that Judas went down from his brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Odollam, whose name was Iras.

²And Judas saw there the daughter of a Chananitish man, whose name was Sava; and he took her, and went in to her.

³And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name, Er.

⁴And she conceived and bore a son again; and called his name, Aunan.

⁵And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them.

⁶And Judas took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Thamar.

⁷And Er, the first-born of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him.

⁸And Judas said to Aunan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and marry her as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to thy brother.

⁹And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be his-- it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother's wife.

¹⁰And his doing this appeared evil before God; and he slew him also.

¹¹And Judas said to Thamar, his daughter-in-law, Sit thou a widow in the house of thy father[-in-law]*, until Selom my son be grown; for he said, lest he also die as his brethren; and Thamar departed, and sat in the house of her father.

¹²And the days were fulfilled, and Sava the wife of Judas died; and Judas, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Iras his shepherd the Odollamite, to Thamna.

¹³And it was told Thamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Thamna, to shear his sheep.

¹⁴And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Aenan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.

¹⁵And when Judas saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she covered her face, and he knew her not.

¹⁶And he went out of his way to her, and said to her, Let me come in to thee; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law; and she said, What wilt thou give me if thou shouldest come in to me?

¹⁷And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from my flock; and she said, [Well], if thou wilt give me an earnest, until thou send it.

¹⁸And he said, What is the earnest that I shall give thee? and she said, Thy ring, and thy bracelet, and the staff in thy hand; and he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

¹⁹And she arose and departed, and took her veil from off her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

²⁰And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not.

²¹And he asked the men of the place, Where is the harlot who was in Aenan by the way-side? and they said, There was no harlot here.

²²And he returned to Judas, and said, I have not found her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here.

²³And Judas said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her.

²⁴And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judas, saying, Thamar thy daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judas said, Bring her out, and let her be burnt.

²⁵And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff.

²⁶And Judas knew [them], and said, Thamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Selom my son: and he knew her not again.

²⁷And it came to pass when she was in labour, that she also had twins in her womb.

²⁸And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet [thread], saying, This one shall come out first.

²⁹And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of thee? and she called his name, Phares.

³⁰And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zara.