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38 And at that time, Judah went down from his brothers and visited a man called Hirah, an Adullamite.
2 And there Judah saw a daughter of a man called Shua, a Canaanite. And he took her and went into her.
3 So she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name “Er”.
4 And she conceived again and bore a son; and she called his name “Onan”.
5 Moreover, she bore yet another son whom she called Shelah. And Judah was at Chezib when she bore him.
6 Then Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 Now, Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. Therefore, the LORD killed him.
8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go into your brother’s wife and do the office of a kinsman to her; and raise up seed to your brother.”
9 And Onan knew that the seed would not be his. Therefore, when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
10 And it was wicked in the eyes of the LORD, that which he did. Therefore He killed him also.
11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until Shelah, my son, grows up (for he thought, “Lest he die, just as his brothers.”) So, Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, also died. Then Judah, when he had finished mourning, went up to his sheepshearers, to Timnah (he and his neighbor, Hirah the Adullamite).
13 And it was told to Tamar, saying, “Behold, your father-in-law goes up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.
14 Then she took off her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself and sat down in Pethah-enam (which is on the way to Timnah) because she saw that Shelah was grown and she was not given to him as wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he judged her to be a whore, for she had covered her face.
16 And he made his way towards her, and said, “Please, come let me lie with you.” For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she answered, “What will you give me, to lie with me?”
17 Then he said, “I will send you a kid from the goats of the flock.” And she said, “If you will give me a pledge until you send it.”
18 Then he said, “What is the pledge that I shall give you?” And she answered, “Your signet and your cloak and your staff that is in your hand.” So, he gave it to her and lay with her; and she was with child by him.
19 Then she rose and went and took off her veil and put on her widow’s raiment.
20 Afterward, Judah sent a kid from the goats by the hand of his neighbor, the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand. But he did not find her.
21 Then he asked the men of the place, saying, “Where is the whore who sat in Enaim, by the wayside?” And they answered, “There was no whore there.”
22 Therefore, he came back to Judah, and said, “I cannot find her. And the men of the place also said, ‘There was no whore there.’”
23 Then Judah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.”
24 Now, after three months, one told Judah, saying, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the whore; and lo, with playing the whore, she is great with child.” Then Judah said, “Bring her forth and let her be burnt.”
25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom these things pertain, am I with child.” And she also said, “Please determine who’s these are: the seal and the cloak and the staff.”
26 Then Judah knew, and said, “She is more righteous than me. For she has done it because I did not give her to Shelah, my son.” So, he lay with her no more.
27 Now, when the time had come that she should give birth, behold, there were twins in her womb.
28 And when she was in labor, one put out his hand. And the midwife took and bound a red thread around his hand, saying, “This has come out first.”
29 But when he drew his hand back again, lo, his brother came out; and the midwife said, “How have you broken through? A breach is upon you!” And his name was called “Perez”.
30 And afterward, his brother came out (who had the red thread around his hand); and his name was called “Zerah”.
39 Now Joseph was brought down into Egypt. And Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh’s (chief steward, an Egyptian), bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
2 And the LORD was with Joseph; and he was a man who prospered and was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hand.
4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and served him. And he made him ruler of his house and put all that he had in his hand.
5 And from the time that he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house, for Joseph’s sake. And the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 Therefore, he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and took account of nothing with him, except the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a fair person, and well-favored.
7 Now therefore, after these things, his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, “Lie with me!”
8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master does not know what is in the house with me; but has committed all that he has to my hand.
9 “There is no man greater in this house than me. Nor has he kept anything from me, except you, because you are his wife. How, then, can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”
10 And she still spoke to Joseph every day; but he did not listen to her (to lie with her or to be in her company).
11 Then, on a certain day, Joseph entered into the house to do his business. And there was no man of the household in the house.
12 Therefore, she caught him by his garment, saying, “Sleep with me!” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out.
13 Now, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had fled,
14 she called to the men of her house, and told them, saying, “Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us, to mock us; who came in to me, to sleep with me! But I cried with a loud voice.
15 “And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garments with me, and fled away, and got out!”
16 So she laid his garment next to her until her lord came home.
17 Then she told him these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, which you have brought to us, came in to me, to mock me!
18 “But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me, and fled!”
19 Then, when his master heard the words of his wife which she told him, saying, “Your servant did this to me,” his anger was kindled.
20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king’s prisoners lay bound. And there he was in prison.
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and got him favor in the sight of the master of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed all the prisoners that were in the prison to Joseph’s hand. And whatever they did there, that he did.
23 And the keeper of the prison inspected nothing that was under his hand, seeing that the LORD was with him. For whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.
40 And after these things, the butler of the King of Egypt and his baker offended their Lord, the King of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was angry against his two officers: against the chief butler and against the chief baker.
3 Therefore, he put them in ward in his chief steward’s house, in the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4 And the chief steward gave Joseph charge over them; and he served them. And they continued in ward for a season.
5 And they both dreamed a dream, each of them dreaming in one night, each dream having its own interpretation, both the butler and the baker of the King of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
6 And when Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked upon them, behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in his master’s ward, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Who answered him, “We have each dreamed a dream; and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Are not interpretations from God? Tell them to me now.”
9 So the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was before me.
10 “And in the vine were three branches. And as it budded, her flower came forth; and the clusters of grapes grew ripe.
11 “And I had Pharaoh’s cup in my hand; and I took the grapes and wrung them into Pharaoh’s cup. And I put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”
12 Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three days.
13 “Within three days, Pharaoh shall lift up your head and restore you to your office. And you shall put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, as you used to do when you were his butler.
14 “But, remember me when you are restored; and please show mercy to me and mention me to Pharaoh, so that you may bring me out of this house.”
15 “For I was stolen away, by theft, out of the land of the Hebrews; and here, also, I have done nothing that should cause them to put me in the dungeon.”
16 And when the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “Also, I thought in my dream that I had three white baskets on my head.
17 “And in the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh. And the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.”
18 Then Joseph answered, and said, “This is the interpretation of it. The three baskets are three days.
19 “Within three days, Pharaoh shall take your head from you, and shall hang you on a tree; and the birds shall eat your flesh from off you.”
20 And so, the third day (Pharaoh’s birthday), he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler, and the chief baker, among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief butler to his butlership, who placed the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet, the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
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