Genesis 38:12-17

Genesis 38:12-17

[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] 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