Genesis 38:24

וַיְהִי׀ כְּמִשְׁלֹשׁ חֳדָשִׁים וַיֻּגַּד לִֽיהוּדָה לֵֽאמֹר זָֽנְתָה תָּמָר כַּלָּתֶךָ וְגַם הִנֵּה הָרָה לִזְנוּנִים וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה הוֹצִיאוּהָ וְתִשָּׂרֵֽף׃

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Hebrew

וַיְהִ֣י׀ כְּמִשְׁלֹ֣שׁ חֳדָשִׁ֗ים וַיֻּגַּ֨ד לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה לֵֽאמֹר֙ זָֽנְתָה֙ תָּמָ֣ר כַּלָּתֶ֔ךָ וְגַ֛ם הִנֵּ֥ה הָרָ֖ה לִזְנוּנִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֔ה הוֹצִיא֖וּהָ וְתִשָּׂרֵֽף׃

Greek (Septuagint)

ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τρίμηνον ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Ἰούδᾳ λέγοντες Ἐκπεπόρνευκεν Θαμάρ ἡ νύμφη σου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐν γαστρὶ ἕλει ἐκ πορνείας. εἶπεν δὲ Ἰούδας Ἐξαγάγετε αὐτὴν καὶ κατακαυθήτω.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Ecce autem post tres menses nuntiaverunt Judæ, dicentes: Fornicata est Thamar nurus tua, et videtur uterus illius intumescere. Dixitque Judas: Producite eam ut comburatur.

Spanish

Y acaeció que al cabo de unos tres meses fué dado aviso á Judá, diciendo: Thamar tu nuera ha fornicado, y aun cierto está preñada de las fornicaciones. Y Judá dijo: Sacadla, y sea quemada.

English

About three months later, Judah was told, “ Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “ Bring her out!” Judah replied. “ Let her be burned to death!”

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