23 And Judas said, Let her take for herself, that they may not laugh at us; Behold, I sent this kid, but you did not find her.

24 And it came to pass, about three months, that they said unto Judah, saying, "Tamar thy daughter-in-law has fallen into fornication, and behold, she is with child of fornication." Judas said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned."

25 But when they led her away, she sent word to her father-in-law, 'I am pregnant by the one whose these things are.' And she said, "Find out whose seal and sling and reed this is."

26 And Judas knew it, and said, It is more righteous than I, because I have not given it to Shelah my son. And he did not know it anymore.

27 In the time of her childbirth, it was found that twins were in her womb.

28 And in the time of her childbirth the hand of [one] appeared; And the midwife took it, and tied a red thread on his hand, saying, This one came out first.

29 But he returned his hand; And behold, his brother went out. And she said, How hast thou broken thyself barrier? And his name was called Pharez.

30 Then his brother came out with a red thread on his hand. And his name was called Zara.

Chapter 39

1 And Joseph was taken into Egypt, and bought him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him thither, Potiphar the Egyptian, the courtier of the Pharaohs, the captain of the guards.

2 And the Lord was with Joseph: he prospered in business, and dwelt in the house of his lord the Egyptian.

3 And his lord saw that the Lord was with him, and that all that he did the Lord in his hands prospered.

4 And Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. And he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hands.

5 And from the time that he set him over his house, and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.