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Genesis 38:19

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19 After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow’s clothes again.
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Genesis 38:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
ESV
19 Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.
NLT
19 Afterward she went back home, took off her veil, and put on her widow’s clothing as usual.
MSG
19 She then left and went home. She removed her veil and put her widow's clothes back on.
CSB
19 She got up and left, then removed her veil and put her widow's clothes back on.

Genesis 38:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:19

And she arose and went away
To her father's house immediately, as soon as ever she had parted with Judah; and lest she should be found by the person that would be sent with the kid, and be discovered, she made all the haste she could: and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her
widowhood;
that it might not be known or suspected that she had been abroad.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 38:19 In-Context

17 “I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” he said. “Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?” she asked.
18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?” “Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
19 After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow’s clothes again.
20 Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.
21 He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here,” they said.

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