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Genesis 38 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Бы́сть же въ то̀ вре́мѧ, ѿи́де і҆ꙋ́да ѿ бра́тїи своеѧ̀ и҆ прїи́де къ человѣ́кꙋ нѣ́коемꙋ ѻ҆долламі́тинꙋ, є҆мꙋ́же и҆́мѧ і҆ра́съ:
1 At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 и҆ ви́дѣ та́мѡ і҆ꙋ́да дще́рь человѣ́ка ханане́йска, є҆́йже и҆́мѧ саѵа̀: и҆ поѧ́тъ ю҆̀, и҆ вни́де къ не́й:
2 There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
3 и҆ заче́нши родѝ сы́на, и҆ наречѐ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ и҆́ръ:
3 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
4 и҆ заче́нши є҆щѐ родѝ сы́на и҆ наречѐ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ а҆ѵна́нъ:
4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
5 и҆ приложи́вши родѝ сы́на (тре́тїѧго) и҆ наречѐ и҆́мѧ силѡ́мъ: сїѧ́ же бѣ̀ въ ха́свѣ, є҆гда̀ родѝ си́хъ.
5 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
6 И҆ поѧ̀ і҆ꙋ́да женꙋ̀ и҆́рꙋ пе́рвенцꙋ своемꙋ̀, є҆́йже и҆́мѧ ѳама́рь.
6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 Бы́сть же и҆́ръ пе́рвенецъ і҆ꙋ́динъ ѕо́лъ пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ: и҆ ᲂу҆бѝ є҆го̀ бг҃ъ.
7 Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him.
8 Рече́ же і҆ꙋ́да а҆ѵна́нꙋ: вни́ди къ женѣ̀ бра́та твоегѡ̀ и҆ совокꙋпи́сѧ съ не́ю, и҆ возста́ви сѣ́мѧ бра́тꙋ твоемꙋ̀.
8 Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
9 Позна́въ же а҆ѵна́нъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ не є҆мꙋ̀ бꙋ́детъ сѣ́мѧ, бы́сть є҆гда̀ вхожда́ше къ женѣ̀ бра́та своегѡ̀, пролива́ше (сѣ́мѧ) на зе́млю, є҆́же не да́ти сѣ́мене бра́тꙋ своемꙋ̀:
9 Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
10 ѕло́ же ꙗ҆ви́сѧ пред̾ бг҃омъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ сотворѝ сїѐ: и҆ ᲂу҆мертвѝ и҆ сего̀.
10 The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.
11 Рече́ же і҆ꙋ́да ѳама́ри, невѣ́стцѣ свое́й (по сме́рти двꙋ̀ сынѡ́въ свои́хъ): сѣдѝ вдово́ю въ домꙋ̀ ѻ҆тца̀ твоегѡ̀, до́ндеже вели́къ бꙋ́детъ силѡ́мъ, сы́нъ мо́й. Рече́ бо (во ᲂу҆мѣ̀ сѝ): да не когда̀ ᲂу҆́мретъ и҆ се́й, ꙗ҆́коже и҆ бра́тїѧ є҆гѡ̀. Ѿше́дши же ѳама́рь, сѣдѧ́ше въ домꙋ̀ ѻ҆тца̀ своегѡ̀.
11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
12 Оу҆мно́жишасѧ же дні́е, и҆ ᲂу҆́мре саѵа̀, жена̀ і҆ꙋ́дина. И҆ ᲂу҆тѣ́шивсѧ і҆ꙋ́да, взы́де къ стригꙋ́щымъ ѻ҆́вцы є҆гѡ̀ са́мъ, и҆ і҆ра́съ па́стырь є҆гѡ̀ ѻ҆долламі́тинъ, во ѳа́мнꙋ.
12 After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
13 И҆ возвѣсти́ша ѳама́ри невѣ́стцѣ є҆гѡ̀, глаго́люще: сѐ, све́коръ тво́й восхо́дитъ во ѳа́мнꙋ стрищѝ ѻ҆́вцы своѧ̑.
13 Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
14 Ѻ҆на́ же све́ргши ри̑зы вдовства̀ съ себє̀, ѡ҆блече́сѧ въ ри́зꙋ лѣ́тнюю и҆ ᲂу҆краси́сѧ, и҆ сѣ́де пред̾ враты̀ є҆на̑ни, ꙗ҆̀же сꙋ́ть на пꙋтѝ ѳа́мны: вѣ́дѧше бо, ꙗ҆́кѡ вели́къ бы́сть силѡ́мъ: се́й же не дадѐ є҆ѧ̀ є҆мꙋ̀ въ женꙋ̀.
14 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.
15 И҆ ви́дѣвъ ю҆̀ і҆ꙋ́да, возмнѣ̀ ю҆̀ блꙋдни́цꙋ бы́ти: покры́ бо лицѐ своѐ, и҆ не позна̀ є҆ѧ̀.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
16 Оу҆клони́сѧ же къ не́й пꙋте́мъ и҆ речѐ є҆́й: попꙋсти́ ми вни́ти къ себѣ̀. Не позна́ бо, ꙗ҆́кѡ невѣ́стка є҆мꙋ̀ є҆́сть. Ѻ҆на́ же речѐ: что́ ми да́си, а҆́ще вни́деши ко мнѣ̀;
16 He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
17 Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ: а҆́зъ тебѣ̀ послю̀ ко́злище ко́зъ ѿ ѻ҆ве́цъ мои́хъ. Ѻ҆на́ же речѐ: а҆́ще да́си мѝ зало́гъ, до́ндеже при́шлеши.
17 He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
18 Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ: кі́й зало́гъ тебѣ̀ да́мъ; Ѻ҆на́ же речѐ: пе́рстень тво́й и҆ гри́внꙋ, и҆ же́злъ и҆́же въ рꙋцѣ̀ твое́й. И҆ дадѐ є҆́й, и҆ вни́де къ не́й, и҆ зача̀ во ᲂу҆тро́бѣ ѿ негѡ̀.
18 He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
19 И҆ воста́вши ѿи́де, и҆ све́рже ри́зꙋ лѣ́тнюю съ себє̀ и҆ ѡ҆блече́сѧ въ ри̑зы вдовства̀ своегѡ̀.
19 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 Посла́ же і҆ꙋ́да ко́злище ѿ ко́зъ рꙋко́ю па́стырѧ своегѡ̀ ѻ҆долламі́тина взѧ́ти зало́гъ ѿ жены̀, и҆ не ѡ҆брѣ́те є҆ѧ̀.
20 Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.
21 Вопроси́ же мꙋже́й мѣ́ста тогѡ̀ и҆ речѐ и҆̀мъ: гдѣ̀ є҆́сть блꙋдни́ца бы́вшаѧ во є҆на́нѣ на распꙋ́тїи; И҆ рѣ́ша: не бѣ̀ здѣ̀ блꙋдни́ца.
21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
22 И҆ возврати́сѧ ко і҆ꙋ́дѣ и҆ речѐ: не ѡ҆брѣто́хъ: и҆ человѣ́цы мѣ́ста тогѡ̀ глаго́лютъ: нѣ́сть здѣ̀ блꙋдни́цы.
22 He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
23 Рече́ же і҆ꙋ́да: да и҆́мать та̑: но да не когда̀ посмѣю́тсѧ на́мъ: а҆́зъ ᲂу҆́бѡ посла́хъ ко́злище сїѐ, ты́ же не ѡ҆брѣ́лъ є҆сѝ.
23 Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
24 Бы́сть же по тре́хъ мцⷭ҇ѣхъ, повѣ́даша і҆ꙋ́дѣ, глаго́люще: соблꙋдѝ ѳама́рь невѣ́стка твоѧ̀, и҆ сѐ, во ᲂу҆тро́бѣ и҆́мать ѿ блꙋда̀. Рече́ же і҆ꙋ́да: и҆зведи́те ю҆̀, и҆ да сожгꙋ́тъ ю҆̀.
24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
25 Ѻ҆на́ же ведо́ма посла̀ къ све́крꙋ своемꙋ̀, глаго́лющи: ѿ человѣ́ка, є҆гѡ́же сїѧ̑ сꙋ́ть, а҆́зъ во ᲂу҆тро́бѣ и҆́мамъ. И҆ речѐ: позна́й, чі́й пе́рстень и҆ гри́вна и҆ же́злъ се́й.
25 When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”
26 Позна́ же і҆ꙋ́да и҆ речѐ: ѡ҆правда́сѧ ѳама́рь па́че менє̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ не да́хъ є҆ѧ̀ силѡ́мꙋ сы́нꙋ моемꙋ̀. И҆ не приложѝ ктомꙋ̀ позна́ти ю҆̀.
26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
27 Бы́сть же є҆гда̀ ражда́ше, и҆ бѣ́ста близнѧ́та во ᲂу҆тро́бѣ є҆ѧ̀.
27 In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 Бы́сть же въ рожде́нїи є҆ѧ̀, є҆ди́нъ произнесѐ рꙋ́кꙋ: взе́мши же ба́ба навѧза̀ на рꙋ́кꙋ є҆гѡ̀ че́рвлень, глаго́лющи: се́й и҆зы́детъ пе́рвый.
28 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”
29 Є҆гда́ же вовлечѐ рꙋ́кꙋ, и҆ а҆́бїе и҆зы́де бра́тъ є҆гѡ̀. Ѻ҆на́ же речѐ: что̀ пресѣче́сѧ тебє̀ ра́ди прегражде́нїе; И҆ прозва̀ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ фаре́съ.
29 As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.
30 И҆ посе́мъ и҆зы́де бра́тъ є҆гѡ̀, є҆мꙋ́же бѣ̀ на рꙋцѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀ че́рвлень: и҆ прозва̀ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ за́ра.
30 Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Bath-shua
The Canaanite daughter of Shua whom Judah married and who bore Er, Onan and Shelah (unnamed in Genesis 38, where she dies after a long time; named Bath-shua in 1 Chronicles 2:3).
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3
Er
Judah's firstborn, who was wicked in the LORD's sight and died young; first husband of Tamar.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:3-7
Hirah
Judah's friend, an Adullamite near whom Judah settled, who went with Judah to the sheepshearing at Timnah and later took the young goat to Enaim but could not find the woman.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:1; Genesis 38:12; Genesis 38:20
Judah
The lion of the tribes, from whom kings and the Messiah would come.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:35; 38; 49:8–12
Onan
Judah's second son, who died for refusing to raise up offspring for his late brother.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:4-10
Perez
Born of Judah and Tamar, he became the head of the leading clan of Judah.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 38; Ruth 4:18; 1 Chron. 2:4-5; Matt. 1:3
Shelah
Judah's third son, withheld from Tamar until she took matters into her own hands.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:5, 11; Numbers 26:20
Shua
A Canaanite man whose daughter Judah married; she bore Er, Onan and Shelah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:2; Genesis 38:12
Tamar
Judah's daughter-in-law who, denied justice, became the mother of Perez.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38; Matthew 1:3
Zerah
The twin brother of Perez, born to Judah and Tamar, whose hand first reached out at birth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:29-30; 1 Chronicles 2:4
Cross references (25)
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- 1 2 Kings 4:8; 1 Samuel 22:1; Proverbs 13:20; Micah 1:15; Genesis 19:2–3
- 2 1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 24:3; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Judges 16:1; Genesis 3:6
- 3 Numbers 26:19; Genesis 46:12
- 4 Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19
- 5 Numbers 26:20; Genesis 46:12; Genesis 38:26; Genesis 38:11; 1 Chronicles 4:21
- 6 Genesis 21:21; Genesis 24:3; Matthew 1:3
- 7 1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 19:13
- 8 Deuteronomy 25:5–10; Matthew 22:23–27; Ruth 4:5–11; Ruth 1:11; Leviticus 18:16
- 9 James 4:5; Deuteronomy 25:6; James 3:16; Titus 3:3; Job 5:2
- 10 Numbers 11:1; Genesis 46:12; Proverbs 14:32; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Numbers 26:19
- 11 Leviticus 22:13; Ruth 1:11–13
- 12 Joshua 15:10; 2 Samuel 13:39; Judges 14:1; Genesis 24:67; Genesis 31:19
- 14 Genesis 38:26; Genesis 38:11–13; Proverbs 7:12; Jeremiah 3:2; Genesis 24:65
- 16 1 Timothy 6:10; Matthew 26:15; 2 Samuel 13:11; Ezekiel 16:33; Deuteronomy 23:18
- 17 Genesis 38:20; Ezekiel 16:33; Luke 16:8; Proverbs 20:16; Genesis 38:24–25
- 18 Genesis 38:25–26; Luke 15:22; Jeremiah 22:24; Hosea 4:11
- 19 Genesis 38:14; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 14:5
- 20 Genesis 20:9; 2 Samuel 13:3; Luke 23:12; Leviticus 19:17; Judges 14:20
- 23 Ephesians 5:12; 2 Samuel 12:9; Proverbs 6:33; Romans 6:21; 2 Corinthians 4:2
- 24 Leviticus 21:9; Judges 19:2; Ezekiel 23:44; Hosea 2:5; Ezekiel 23:19
- 25 Genesis 37:32; Genesis 38:18; Psalm 50:21; Jeremiah 2:26; Revelation 20:12
- 26 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Peter 4:2–3; John 8:9; Titus 2:11–12; 2 Samuel 24:17
- 27 Genesis 25:24
- 29 Genesis 46:12; Matthew 1:3; 1 Chronicles 2:4; Numbers 26:20; Nehemiah 11:6
- 30 1 Chronicles 9:6; 1 Chronicles 2:4; Matthew 1:3
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This fact is indeed set forth by many other [occurrences], but typically by [the history of] Thamar, Judah's daughter-in-law. For when she had conceived twins, one of them put forth his hand first; and as the midwife supposed that he was the first-born, she bound a scarlet token on his hand.