Genesis 38 · Verse 13

Genesis 38:13

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
Genesis 38:13, King James Version

Genesis 38:13 in other translations

BSBWhen Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
WEBTamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
ASVAnd it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
YLTAnd it is declared to Tamar, saying, ‘Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'
DARBYAnd it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
BBEAnd when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
WebsterAnd it was told to Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.

Genesis 38:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֻּגַּ֥דvai.yu.Gadand it was toldH5046
לְתָמָ֖רle.ta.Marto TamarH8559
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehthere!H2009
חָמִ֛יךְcha.Mikhfather-in-law yourH2524
עֹלֶ֥ה'o.Leh[is] going upH5927
תִמְנָ֖תָהtim.Na.tahTimnah towardsH8553
לָגֹ֥זla.Gozto shearH1494
צֹאנֽוֹ\׃tzo.Nosheep hisH6629

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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.

  • Genesis 38:13

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

  • Genesis 38:14

    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.

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Genesis 38:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué dado aviso á Thamar, diciendo: He aquí tu suegro sube á Timnath á trasquilar sus ovejas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et on l’annonça à Tamar, en disant: Voici, ton beau-père monte à Thimna pour tondre son troupeau.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es wurde der Tamar berichtet und gesagt: Siehe, dein Schwiegervater geht nach Timna hinauf, um seine Schafe zu scheren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nuntiatumque est Thamar quod socer illius ascenderet in Thamnas ad tondendas oves.