GEN 38:14 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ περιελομένη τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς χηρεύσεως ἀφʼ ἑαυτῆς, περιέβαλε τὸ θέριστρον, καὶ ἐκαλλωπίσατο, καὶ ἐκάθισε πρὸς ταῖς πύλαις Αἰνὰν, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν παρόδῳ Θαμνά· ἴδε γὰρ ὅτι μέγας γέγονε Σηλὼμ, αὐτὸς δὲ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα.
(Kai perielomenaʸ ta himatia taʸs ⱪaʸreuseōs afʼ heautaʸs, periebale to theristron, kai ekallōpisato, kai ekathise pros tais pulais Ainan, haʸ estin en parodōi Thamna; ide gar hoti megas gegone Saʸlōm, autos de ouk edōken autaʸn autōi gunaika. )

BrTr And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Ænan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.

ULT So she took off her widow’s clothes from her and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself. Then she sat at the entrance of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah, because she saw that Shelah had grown up, but she had not been given to him as a wife.

UST So she changed from her clothes that showed she was a widow and covered her face with a thin headscarf and dressed herself like a prostitute. Then she went toward the town of Timnah and sat down near the gateway of the town of Enaim, which was along the way. She did that because she had noticed that Shelah was now old enough to marry, but Judah had not given her to him to marry as he was supposed to do.

BSB she 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.

OEB She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil. She sat, veiled, in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up without her being given to him as wife.

WEBBE She 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)

LSV and she turns aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covers herself with a veil, and wraps herself up, and sits in the opening of Enayim, which [is] by the way to Timnath, for she has seen that Shelah has grown up, and she has not been given to him for a wife.

FBV So she took off her widow's clothes and covered herself with a veil, disguising herself. She sat down beside the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. She had realized that even though Shelah had now grown up, nothing had been done about her marrying him.

T4T She realized that now Shelah was grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to be his wife. So she took off her widow’s clothes, and covered her head with a veil, so that people would not ◄recognize her/know who she was►. Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim town, which is on the road to Timnah.

LEB So she removed the clothes of her widowhood and covered herself with the veil and disguised herself. And she sat at the entrance to Eynayim, which is on the way to Timnah, for she saw that Shelah was grown but she had not been given to him as a wife.

BBE She 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.

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JPS And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance 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.

ASV And 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.

DRA And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him.

YLT and 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.

Drby And 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.

RV And 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.

Wbstr And 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, 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. )

38.14 an open…: Heb. the door of eyes, or, of Enajim

KJB-1611 [fn]And shee put her widowes garments off from her, and couered her with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for shee sawe that Shelah was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife.
(And she put her widows garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was growen, and she was not given unto him to wife.)

38:14 Heb. the doore of eyes, or, of Enaijm.

Bshps And she put her widowes garmentes of from her, and couered her with a vayle, and disguysed her selfe, and sate her downe in an open place, whiche is by the way syde to Thimnath, for because that she sawe Selah was growen, and she was not geuen vnto hym to wyfe.
(And she put her widows garments of from her, and covered her with a veil, and disguysed herself, and sat her down in an open place, which is by the way side to Thimnath, for because that she saw Selah was growen, and she was not given unto him to wife.)

Gnva Then she put her widowes garments off from her, and couered her with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate downe in Pethah-enaim, which is by the way to Timnah, because she sawe that Shelah was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife.
(Then she put her widows garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat down in Pethah-enaim, which is by the way to Timnah, because she saw that Shelah was growen, and she was not given unto him to wife. )

Cvdl Then put she of ye wyddowes garmentes that she had vpon her, couered and dysgysed hir self, & sat hir downe without the porte by the waye syde towarde Thymnath. For she sawe that Sela was growne, and she was not geuen vnto him to wife.
(Then put she of ye/you_all widows garments that she had upon her, covered and dysgysed herself, and sat her down without the porte by the way side towarde Thymnath. For she saw that Sela was growne, and she was not given unto him to wife.)

Wycl And sche dide awei the clothis of widewehod, and sche took a roket, and whanne the clothinge was chaungid, sche sat in the weilot that ledith to Tampna; for Sela hadde woxe, and sche hadde not take hym to hosebonde.
(And she did away the clothes of widewehod, and she took a roket, and when the clothinge was chaungid, she sat in the weilot that leadeth/leads to Tampna; for Sela had woxe, and she had not take him to husband.)

Luth Da legte sie die Witwenkleider von sich, die sie trug, deckte sich mit einem Mantel und verhüllete sich und setzte sich vor die Tür heraus an dem Wege gen Thimnath; denn sie sah, daß Sela war groß worden, und sie ward ihm nicht zum Weibe gegeben.
(So laid they/she/them the Witwenkleider from sich, the they/she/them trug, deckte itself/yourself/themselves with one Mantel and verhüllete itself/yourself/themselves and sat itself/yourself/themselves before/in_front_of the door heraus at to_him ways to/toward Thimnath; because they/she/them saw, that Sela what/which large worden, and they/she/them what/which him not for_the Weibe given.)

ClVg 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.[fn]
(Quæ, depositis viduitatis vestibus, assumpsit theristrum: and mutato habitu, sedit in bivio itineris, that ducit Thamnam: eo that crevisset Sela, and not/no him accepisset maritum. )

38.14 Quæ depositis viduitatis vestibus, etc. Notandum etiam in temporibus patriarcharum certa fuisse vestimenta viduarum, nec qualia conjugatarum. Sedit in bivio. HIERON. Et sedit ad portam Enaiim, quæ est in transitu Thamna. Sermo Hebraicus, Enaiim, transfertur in oculos. Non est igitur nomen loci, et est sensus, Sedit in bivio, sive in compito, ubi diligentius debet viator aspicere quo gradiatur.

38.14 Quæ depositis viduitatis vestibus, etc. Notandum also in temporibus patriarcharum certa fuisse clothes viduarum, but_not qualia conyugatarum. Sedit in bivio. HIERON. And sedit to the_gate Enaiim, which it_is in transitu Thamna. Sermo Hebraicus, Enaiim, transfertur in oculos. Non it_is igitur nomen loci, and it_is sensus, Sedit in bivio, if/or in compito, where diligentius debet viator aspicere quo gradiatur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠תָּסַר֩ בִּגְדֵ֨י אַלְמְנוּתָ֜⁠הּ מֵֽ⁠עָלֶ֗י⁠הָ

and,took_off clothes widow's,her from,on,her

Make sure it is clear in your translation that Tamar did not just take off her widow’s clothes, but that she also put different clothes on. Alternate translation: “So she changed into different clothes from the kind of clothes that widows wear”

וַ⁠תְּכַ֤ס בַּ⁠צָּעִיף֙

and,covered in/on/at/with,veil

A veil was a large piece of thin cloth that was used to cover the face and/or the body. See how you translated veil in Gen 24:65. Alternate translation: “and covered herself with a large veil” or “and covered her face with a thin veil”

וַ⁠תִּתְעַלָּ֔ף

and,wrapped_~_up

Alternate translation: “and disguised herself as a prostitute.” or “to disguise herself.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠תֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ בְּ⁠פֶ֣תַח עֵינַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל דֶּ֣רֶךְ תִּמְנָ֑תָ⁠ה

and,sat in/on/at/with,entrance Enaim which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in road/way_of Timnah,to

Some languages need to specify that Tamar traveled to Enaim before she sat down there. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Then she sat by the gateway to the town of Enaim, which was on the way to the town of Timnah,” or “Then she went toward the town of Timnah and sat down at the entrance of the town of Enaim, which was along the way.”

כִּ֤י רָאֲתָה֙ כִּֽי גָדַ֣ל שֵׁלָ֔ה

that/for/because/then/when saw that/for/because/then/when grown_up Shēlāh

Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וְ⁠הִ֕וא לֹֽא נִתְּנָ֥ה ל֖⁠וֹ לְ⁠אִשָּֽׁה

and,she not given to=him/it to/for=(a)_woman

For some languages it is more natural to change the order of clauses in this sentence and say, “Tamar had seen/noticed that Shelah was now grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to marry as he was supposed/required to do. So she changed from her widow’s clothes …” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “but Judah had not given her to Shelah to marry as he was required to do.”

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