Genesis 38:13

13 When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

Genesis 38:13 in Other Translations

13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

13 And when Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,"

13 Someone told Tamar, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

13 Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law has gone to Timnah to shear his sheep."

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

13 As soon as Tamar was told that her father-in-law was on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,

13 Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

13 Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to clip the wool from his sheep."

Genesis 38:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:13

And it was told Tamar
By some of her neighbours, or by some of Judah's family; saying, behold, thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his
sheep;
which might be told her as an indifferent thing, without any design in it; but she took notice of it, and it gave her an opportunity she wanted.

Genesis 38:13 In-Context

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

12 After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.

13 When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

14 she took off her widow’s clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 6
• 2. S Genesis 31:19