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Genesis 38:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 11 Judah said to Taʹmar his daughter-in-law: “Dwell as a widow in the house of your father until my son Sheʹlah grows up,” for he said to himself: ‘He too may die like his brothers.’+ So Taʹmar went and stayed in her own father’s house.

Genesis 38:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 11 Judah said to Taʹmar his daughter-in-law: “Dwell as a widow in the house of your father until my son Sheʹlah grows up,” for he said to himself: ‘He too may die like his brothers.’+ So Taʹmar went and stayed in her own father’s house.

Genesis 38:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 11 So Judah said to Taʹmar his daughter-in-law: “Dwell as a widow in the house of your father until Sheʹlah my son grows up.”+ For he said to himself:* “He too may die like his brothers.”+ Accordingly Taʹmar went and continued to dwell at her own father’s house.+

Genesis 38:11

The Bible in Living English
- 11 And Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar “Stay at your father’s as widow till my son Shelah grows up,” because he thought “He too might die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and stayed at her father’s.

Genesis 38:11

American Standard Version
- 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

Genesis 38:11

The Emphasized Bible
- 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law—Remain a widow in the house of thy father until Shelah my son grow up. For he said, Lest he also die like his brethren. So Tamar went her way, and remained in the house of her father.