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Judah and Tamar

After Judah withheld his son Shelah, Tamar disguised herself and conceived twins by Judah. When confronted with his own pledges, Judah acknowledged that she was more righteous than he, and Perez and Zerah were born (Genesis 38:1-30).

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📖 Genesis 38:1–3

1About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite. 2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her. 3So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

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Sources: Scripture — Genesis 38:1-30
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