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Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.

And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,

and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?'

And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,

and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name [is] Hirah;

And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;

and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;

and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name [is] Tamar;

and Onan knoweth that the seed is not [reckoned] his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed [it] to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;

And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, `Lest he die -- even he -- like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.

And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.

And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'

and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she [is] his daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.

and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that [one] giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, `This hath come out first.'

And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, `What! thou hast broken forth -- on thee [is] the breach;' and he calleth his name Pharez;

and afterwards hath his brother come out, on whose hand [is] the scarlet thread, and he calleth his name Zarah.

And Jehovah is with Joseph, and he is a prosperous man, and he is in the house of his lord the Egyptian,