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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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Genesis 38:14
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14 she took off her widow’s clothes,(A) covered herself with a veil(B) to disguise herself, and then sat down(C) at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.(D) For she saw that, though Shelah(E) had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

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