Genesis Chapter 38 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
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BBE Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
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DARBY Genesis 38:15

And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.
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KJV Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
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WBT Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.
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WEB Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
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YLT Genesis 38:15

And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - When (literally, and) Judah saw her, he (literally, and he) thought her to be an harlot; - literally, thought her (i.e. took her for) an harlot, like λογίζεσθαι τινα de r& (cf. 1 Samuel 1:13; Job 13:24), or to זונָה (fem. part. of זָנַה, commit fornication); vide Genesis 34:31 - because she had covered her face - more meretricis.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Because she had covered her face.--The Jewish commentators all agree that this was not the custom of harlots; and as Judah, in Genesis 38:21, calls her kedeshah, one consecrated, he probably thought that she was a woman performing the vow required of every female votary of the Ph?nician Venus (Astarte), once in her lifetime (Herod. i. 199). Hence the hire was a kid to be sacrificed to the goddess. As for Tamar her object was to assert her claim to the inheritance of 'Er. Lange considers that the wickedness of 'Er had caused him, equally with Onan, to neglect her, and that consequently there was no real incest. This is made probable by her immediate conception.