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Tamar

daughter-in-law of Judah

Woman in Genesis whose story becomes part of Judah's line and the genealogy of .

7 appearances4 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

woman married first to 's son Er and then to his brother , both of whom Yahweh strikes down, leaving her a childless widow in her father's house. Denied marriage to Judah's third son , she disguises herself as a roadside prostitute and conceives twins by Judah himself, keeping his seal, cord, and staff as proof. When Judah confesses she is more righteous than he, she bears and Zerah, and her son Perez becomes an ancestor of and of in 's genealogy.

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