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Genesis 38:14
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14 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[a] she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)[b]

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  1. Genesis 38:14 tn The Hebrew text simply has “because,” connecting this sentence to what precedes. For stylistic reasons the words “she did this” are supplied in the translation and a new sentence begun.
  2. Genesis 38:14 tn Heb “she saw that Shelah had grown up, but she was not given to him as a wife.”
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