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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.
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