The Book of Genesis, Chapter 38ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΛΗ′

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ κατέβη Ιουδας ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀφίκετο ἕως πρός τινα ἄνθρωπον Ὀδολλαμίτην, ᾧ ὄνομα Ιρας.

And it came to pass at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and came to a certain Adullamite man, whose name was Hiras.

Καὶ εἶδεν ἐκεῖ Ιουδας θυγατέρα ἀνθρώπου Χαναναίου, ᾗ ὄνομα Σαυα, καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτήν.

And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanite man, whose name was Saua, and he took her and went in to her.

Καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν υἱόν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ηρ.

And she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.

Καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτι ἔτεκεν υἱόν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Αυναν.

And she conceived again and bore a son, and he called his name Onan.

Καὶ προσθεῖσα ἔτι ἔτεκεν υἱόν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σηλωμ· αὐτὴ δὲ ἦν ἐν Χασβι, ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν αὐτόν.

And she added yet again and bore a son, and he called his name Shelom; but she was in Chezib when she bore him.

Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ιουδας γυναῖκα Ηρ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ αὐτοῦ, ᾗ ὄνομα Θαμαρ.

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

Ἐγένετο δὲ Ηρ πρωτότοκος Ιουδα πονηρὸς ἐναντίον κυρίου, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός.

But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked before the Lord, and God killed him.

Εἶπεν δὲ Ιουδας τῷ Αυναν· Εἴσελθε πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου καὶ γαμβρεύθητι αὐτὴν καὶ ἀνάστησον σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου.

And Judah said to Onan, 'Go in to the wife of your brother and perform the levirate duty for her, and raise up seed for your brother.'

Γνοὺς δὲ Αυναν ὅτι οὐκ αὐτῷ ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα, ἐγίνετο ὅταν εἰσήρχετο πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἐξέχεεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ.

But Onan, knowing that the seed would not be his, whenever he went in to the wife of his brother he would pour it on the ground, so as not to give seed to his brother.

Πονηρὸν δὲ ἐφάνη ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι ἐποίησεν τοῦτο, καὶ ἀπέθανεν καὶ οὗτος.

And it appeared wicked before God, because he did this, and he too died.

Εἶπεν δὲ Ιουδας Θαμαρ τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτοῦ· Κάθου χήρα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός σου, ἕως μέγας γένηται Σηλωμ ὁ υἱός μου· εἶπεν γὰρ Μή ποτε ἀποθάνῃ καὶ οὗτος ὥσπερ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ. Ἀπελθοῦσα δὲ Θαμαρ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς.

And Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, 'Remain a widow in your father's house until Shelom my son grows up.' For he said, 'Lest he too should die like his brothers.' So Tamar went away and lived in her father's house.

Ἐπληθύνθησαν δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι καὶ ἀπέθανεν Σαυα ἡ γυνὴ Ιουδα. Καὶ παρακληθεὶς Ιουδας ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τοὺς κείροντας τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸς καὶ Ιρας ὁ ποιμὴν αὐτοῦ ὁ Ὀδολλαμίτης, εἰς Θαμνα.

And the days multiplied, and Saua, the wife of Judah, died. And when Judah was comforted, he went up to those who were shearing his sheep, he and Hiras his shepherd the Adullamite, to Timnah.

Καὶ ἀνηγγέλη Θαμαρ λέγον ὅτι Ἰδοὺ ὁ πενθερός σου ἀναβαίνει εἰς Θαμνα κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ.

And it was reported to Tamar, saying, 'Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.'

Καὶ περιελομένη τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς χηρείας αὐτῆς περιεβάλετο θέριστρον καὶ ἐκαλλωπίσατο καὶ ἐκάθισεν πρὸς ταῖς πύλαις Αιναν, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν παρόδῳ Θαμνα· εἶδεν γὰρ ὅτι μέγας γέγονεν Σηλωμ, αὐτὴ δὲ οὐκ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ γυνή.

And she took off the garments of her widowhood, wrapped herself in a veil, and adorned herself, and sat at the gate of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelom had grown up, but she had not been given to him as wife.

Καὶ εἶδεν αὐτὴν Ιουδας καὶ ἔδοξεν αὐτὴν πόρνην εἶναι· κατεκαλύψατο γὰρ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτήν.

And Judah saw her and thought her to be a prostitute, for she had covered her face, and he did not recognize her.

Ἐξέκλινεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ εἶπεν· Ἔα με εἰσελθεῖν πρός σε· οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει ὅτι ἡ νύμφη αὐτοῦ ἐστιν. Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· Τί μοι δώσεις, ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃς πρός με;

And he turned aside from the road toward her and said, 'Let me come in to you.' For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, 'What will you give me if you come in to me?'

Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἐγώ σοι ἀποστελῶ ἔριφον ἐξ αἰγῶν. Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἐὰν δῷς ἀρραβῶνα ἕως τοῦ ἀποστεῖλαί σε.

And he said, 'I will send you a kid from the goats.' And she said, 'If you give a pledge until you send it.'

Εἶπεν δέ· Τίνα τὸν ἀρραβῶνά σοι δώσω; Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· Τὸν δακτύλιόν σου καὶ τὸν ὁρμίσκον καὶ τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου. Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτήν, καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

And he said, 'What pledge shall I give you?' And she said, 'Your signet-ring and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.' And he gave them to her, and he went in to her, and she conceived by him.

Καὶ ἀναστᾶσα ἀπῆλθεν καὶ περιείλατο τὸ θέριστρον ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτῆς καὶ ἐνεδύσατο τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς χηρείας αὐτῆς.

And she arose and went away, and removed the veil from herself, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

Ἀπέστειλεν δὲ Ιουδας τὸν ἔριφον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ ποιμένος αὐτοῦ τοῦ Ὀδολλαμίτου κομίσαι τὸν ἀρραβῶνα παρὰ τῆς γυναικός, καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν αὐτήν.

And Judah sent the kid from the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; but he did not find her.

Ἠρώτησεν δὲ τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου λέγων· Ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ πόρνη ἡ γενομένη ἐν Αιναν ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ; Εἶπαν δέ· Οὐκ ἦν ἐνταῦθα πόρνη.

And he asked the men of that place, saying, 'Where is the prostitute who was at Enaim on the road?' And they said, 'There was no prostitute here.'

Ἀπεστράφη δὲ πρὸς Ιουδαν καὶ εἶπεν· Οὐχ εὗρον αὐτήν, καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου λέγουσιν ὅτι Οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε πόρνη.

And he returned to Judah and said, 'I did not find her; and the men of that place say that there is no prostitute here.'

Εἶπεν δὲ Ιουδας· Ἐχέτω αὐτά, ἀλλὰ μήποτε καταγελασθῶμεν· ἐγὼ μὲν ἀπέσταλκα τὸν ἔριφον τοῦτον, σὺ δὲ οὐχ εὕρηκας αὐτήν.

And Judah said, 'Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock. I indeed have sent this kid, but you have not found her.'

Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τρίμηνον ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Ιουδᾳ λέγοντες ὅτι Ἐκπεπόρνευκεν Θαμαρ ἡ νύμφη σου καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει ἐκ πορνείας. Εἶπεν δὲ Ιουδας· Ἐξαγάγετε αὐτήν, καὶ κατακαυθήτω.

And it came to pass, after three months, it was reported to Judah, saying, 'Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot, and behold, she is with child by fornication.' And Judah said, 'Bring her out, and let her be burned.'

Αὐτὴ δὲ ἀγομένη ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς τὸν πενθερὸν αὐτῆς λέγουσα· Ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, οὗ ταῦτά ἐστιν, ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχω. Εἶπεν δέ· Ἐπίγνωθι τίνος ὁ δακτύλιος καὶ ὁ ὁρμίσκος καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος αὕτη.

But as she was being led out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, 'By the man to whom these things belong I am with child.' And she said, 'Recognize whose are this signet-ring and cord and staff.'

Ἐπέγνω δὲ Ιουδας καὶ εἶπεν· Δεδικαίωται Θαμαρ ἢ ἐγώ, οὕνεκα οὐκ ἔδωκα αὐτὴν Σηλωμ τῷ υἱῷ μου. Καὶ οὐ προσέθετο ἔτι Ιουδας γνῶναι αὐτήν.

And Judah recognized them and said, 'Tamar is more in the right than I, inasmuch as I did not give her to Shelom my son.' And Judah did not know her again any more.

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἔτικτεν, καὶ τῇδε ἦν δίδυμα ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ αὐτῆς.

And it came to pass when she gave birth, and behold, there were twins in her womb.

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ τίκτειν αὐτήν, ὁ εἷς προεξέτεινεν τὴν χεῖρα· λαβοῦσα δὲ ἡ μαῖα ἔδησεν ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ κόκκινον λέγουσα· Οὗτος ἐξελεύσεται πρότερος.

And it came to pass while she was giving birth, that one of them stretched out his hand; and the midwife took and bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, 'This one will come out first.'

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἐπισυνήγαγεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ· ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· Τί διεκόπη διὰ σοῦ φραγμός; καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Φαρες.

And it came to pass when he drew back his hand, that immediately his brother came out; and she said, 'Why was a breach broken through because of you?' And his name was called Phares.

Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐφ᾿ οὗ ἦν τὸ κόκκινον ἐπὶ τῇ χειρί· καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ζαρα.

And after this his brother came out, on whose hand was the scarlet; and his name was called Zara.