《圣经》（新旧约全书）

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犹大对俄南说，你当与你哥哥的妻子同房，向她尽你为弟的本分，为你哥哥生子立后。

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother

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俄南知道生子不归自己，所以同房的时候便遗在地，免得给他哥哥留后。

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother

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俄南所作的在耶和华眼中看为恶，耶和华也就叫他死了。

And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also

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犹大心里说，恐怕示拉也死，像他两个哥哥一样，就对他儿妇他玛说，你去，在你父亲家里守寡，等我儿子示拉长大。他玛就回去，住在她父亲家里。

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house

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过了许久，犹大的妻子书亚的女儿死了。犹大得了安慰，就和他朋友亚杜兰人希拉上亭拿去，到他剪羊毛的人那里。

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite

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有人告诉他玛说，你的公公上亭拿剪羊毛去了。

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep

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他玛见示拉已经长大，还没有娶她为妻，就脱了她作寡妇的衣裳，用帕子蒙着脸，又遮住身体，坐在亭拿路上的伊拿印城门口。

And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife

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犹大看见她，以为是妓女，因为她蒙着脸。

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face

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犹大就转到她那里去，说，来吧。让我与你同寝。他原不知道是他的儿妇。他玛说，你要与我同寝，把什么给我呢，

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

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犹大说，我从羊群里取一只山羊羔，打发人送来给你。他玛说，在未送以先，你愿意给我一个当头吗，

And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?