BIBLE VERSES 2

Genesis 37:31

Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

Genesis 37:32

They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”

Genesis 37:33

His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Genesis 37:36

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Genesis 38:1

About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

Genesis 38:2

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

Genesis 38:3

So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

Genesis 38:4

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

Genesis 38:5

Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

Genesis 38:6

Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

Genesis 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

Genesis 38:8

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

Genesis 38:10

What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

Genesis 38:12

After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

Genesis 38:13

When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

Genesis 38:14

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.