Genesis 38 · Verse 14

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.
Genesis 38:14, King James Version

Genesis 38:14 in other translations

BSBshe removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
WEBShe took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife.
ASVAnd she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.
YLTand she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which is by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.
DARBYAnd she put the garments of her widowhood off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entry of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife.
BBEShe took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.
WebsterAnd she put off from her, her widow's garments, 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 to him for a wife.

Genesis 38:14 in the original Hebrew

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וַתָּסַר֩va.ta.Sarand she removedH5493
בִּגְדֵ֨יbig.Dei[the] clothes ofH899
אַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּ'al.me.nu.Tahwidowhood herH491
מֵֽעָלֶ֗יהָme.'a.Lei.hafrom on <the> herH5921
וַתְּכַ֤סva.te.Khasand she coveredH3680
בַּצָּעִיף֙ba.tza.'Ifwith the veilH6809
וַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ףva.tit.'a.Lafand she wrapped herself upH5968
וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙va.Te.shevand she satH3427
בְּפֶ֣תַחbe.Fe.tachat [the] entrance ofH6607
עֵינַ֔יִם'ei.Na.yimEnaimH5879
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
דֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekh[the] road ofH1870
תִּמְנָ֑תָהtim.Na.tahTimnah towardsH8553
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
רָאֲתָה֙ra.'a.Tahshe had seenH7200
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
גָדַ֣לga.Dalhe had grown upH1431
שֵׁלָ֔הshe.LahShelahH7956
וְהִ֕ואve.Hiv'and sheH1931
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
נִתְּנָ֥הni.te.Nahshe had been givenH5414
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
לְאִשָּֽׁה\׃le.'i.Shahto a wifeH802

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

Cross references for Genesis 38:14

  • Genesis 38:26

    And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

  • Genesis 38:11-13

    Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. 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. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

  • Proverbs 7:12

    Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Jeremiah 3:2

    Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

  • Genesis 24:65

    For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and sat.
Pr 7:12; Jer 3:2; Eze 16:25
an open place. Heb. the door of eyes, or of Enajim}Some think {ainayim} means "the two fountains," or "double fountain;" while others regard it as a proper name, and the same as Enaim, a city of Judah, (Jos 15:34.) So the LXX. render it Enan.
Timnath.
12,13
that Shelah.
11,26

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Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 38:15

    When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

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Genesis 38:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces quitó ella de sobre sí los vestidos de su viudez, y cubrióse con un velo, y arrebozóse, y se puso á la puerta de las aguas que están junto al camino de Timnath; porque veía que había crecido Sela, y ella no era dada á él por mujer.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et elle ôta de dessus elle les vêtements de son veuvage, et se couvrit d’un voile, et s’enveloppa, et s’assit à l’entrée d’Énaïm, qui était sur le chemin de Thimna; car elle voyait que Shéla était devenu grand, et qu’elle ne lui était pas donnée pour femme.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da legte sie die Kleider ihrer Witwenschaft von sich und bedeckte sich mit einem Schleier und verhüllte sich; und sie setzte sich an den Eingang von Enaim, das am Wege nach Timna liegt; denn sie sah, daß Schela groß geworden war und sie ihm nicht zum Weibe gegeben wurde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quæ, depositis viduitatis vestibus, assumpsit theristrum: et mutato habitu, sedit in bivio itineris, quod ducit Thamnam: eo quod crevisset Sela, et non eum accepisset maritum.