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Malcom: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.
Day 95.
About this time, Judah left
home and moved to Adullam where
he stayed with a man named Ra.
There he saw a Canaanite woman, the
daughter of Shua, and he married her.
When he slept with her, she became
pregnant and gave birth to his
son, and he named the boy er.
Then she became pregnant again
and gave birth to another
son, and she named him Onin.
And when she gave birth to a
third son, she named him Sheila.
At the time of Sheila's birth,
they were living at Kezi.
In the course of time, Judah
arranged for his firstborn son er
to marry a young woman named Tamar.
But er was a wicked man in the Lord's
sight, so the Lord took his life.
Then Judah said to ER's, brother Onin,
go and marry Tamar as our law requires
of the brother of a man who has died.
You must produce an heir for your brother.
But Onin was not willing to have a
child who would not be his own heir.
So whenever he had intercourse
with his brother's wife, he
spilled the semen on the ground.
This prevented her from having a child
who would belong to his brother, but
the Lord considered it evil for Onin
to deny a child to his dead brother.
So the Lord took on's life too.
Then Judah said to Tamar, his
daughter-in-law, Go back to your parents'
home and remain a widow until my son,
Sheila, is old enough to marry you.
But Judah didn't really intend to
do this because he was afraid Sheila
would also die like his two brothers.
So Tamar went back to
live in her father's home.
Some years later, Judah's wife died.
After the time of mourning was
over, Judah and his friend Hira,
the A dolomite, went up to Timnah to
supervise the shearing of his sheep.
Someone told Tamar, look, your
father-in-law is going up to
Timnah to shear his sheep.
Tamar was aware that Sheila had grown
up, but no arrangements had been made for
her to come and marry him, so she changed
out of her widow's clothing and covered
herself with a veil to disguise herself.
Then she sat beside the road at the
entrance to the village of Anaya,
which is on the road to Timnah.
Judah noticed her and thought she was
a prostitute since she had covered her
face, so he stopped and propositioned
her, let me have sex with you.
He said, not realizing that she
was his own daughter-in-law.
How much will you pay to have sex with me?
Tamar asked, I will send you
a young goat from my flock.
Judah promised, but what will you give me
to guarantee that you will send the goat?
She asked, what kind of
guarantee do you want?
He replied, She answered, leave me your
identification seal and it's cord and
the walking stick you are carrying.
So Judah gave them to her.
Then he had intercourse with
her and she became pregnant.
Afterwards, she went back home,
took off her veil and put on
her widow's clothing as usual.
Later, Judah asked his friend Hera
the Aite to take the young goat to
the woman and to pick up the things
he had given her as his guarantee.
But Hera couldn't find her.
So he asked the men who lived
there, where can I find the shrine
prostitute who was sitting beside
the road at the entrance to Anam.
We've never had a shrine prostitute here.
They replied.
So Hera returned to Judah and told
him I couldn't find her anywhere, and
the men of the village claimed they've
never had a shrine prostitute there.
Then let her keep the things I gave her.
Or Judah said, I sent the young goat as
we agreed, but you couldn't find her.
We'd be the laughing stock of the village
if we went back again to look for her.
About three months later, Judah was
told, Tamar, your daughter-in-law
has acted like a prostitute, and
now because of this, she's pregnant.
Bring her out and let her be burned.
Judah demanded, but as they were
taking her out to kill her, she sent
this message to her father-in-law.
The man who owns these things made
me pregnant, look closely, who seal
and cord and walking stick are these.
Judah recognized them immediately and said
she is more righteous than I am because
I didn't arrange for her to marry my son.
Sheila and Judah never
slept with Tamar again.
When the time came for Tamar to
give birth, it was discovered
that she was carrying twins.
While she was in labor, one of
the babies reached out his hand.
The midwife grabbed it and tied a
scarlet string around the child's
wrist, announcing this one came
out first, but then he pulled back
his hand and out came his brother.
What the midwife exclaimed.
How did you break out first?
So he was named Pez.
Then the baby with the scarlet string on
his wrist was born and he was named zero.
This concludes today's
Immer Reading experience.
Thank you for joining us.