[The Pentateuch]

And Judas gave E• his eldest son / a wife whose name was Tamar. But this E• Judas eldest son was wicked in the sight of the LORD / wherefore the LORD slew him. Than said Judas unto Onan: goo in to thy brothers wife and Mary her / and stir up seed unto thy brother. And when Onan perceived that the seed should not be his: therefore when he went in to his brothers wife / he spilled it on the ground / because he would not give seed unto his brother. And the thing which he did / displeased the LORD / wherefore he slew him also. Than said Judas to Tamar his daughter in law: remain a widow at thy fathers house / till Sela my son be grown: for he feared lest he should have dyed also / as his brethren did. Thus went Tamar & dwelt in her fathers house.

And Iudas gaue E• his eldest sonne / a wife whose name was Thamar. But this E• Iudas eldest sonne was wicked in the syghte of the LORde / wherfore the LORde slewe him. Than sayde Iudas vnto Onan: goo in to thi brothers wyfe and Marie her / and styrre vp seed vnto thy brother. And when Onan perceaued that the seed shulde not be his: therfore when he went in to his brothers wife / he spylled it on the grounde / because he wold not geue seed vnto his brother. And the thinge which he dyd / displeased the LORde / wherfore he slew him also. Than sayde Iudas to Thamar his doughter in lawe: remayne a wydow at thi fathers house / tyll Sela my sonne be growne: for he feared lest he shulde haue dyed also / as his brethren did. Thus went Thamar & dwelt in hir fathers house.

And in process of time / the daughter of Sua Judas wife dyed. Than Judas when he had left mourning / went unto his sheep shearers to Thimnath with his friend Hira of Odollam. And one told Tamar saying: behold / thy father in law goeth up to Thimnath / to shear his sheep. And she put her widows garments of from her and covered her with a cloak / and disguised herself: And sat her down at the entering of Enaim which is by the high ⟨image 65⟩