KJV King James Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.
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Genesis 38:15
When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
WEB World English Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
ASV American Standard Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,
Surrounding context — Genesis 38
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
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