Kejadian 38:11

38:11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought, ¹  “I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” ²  So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

Kejadian 38:13

38:13 Tamar was told, ³  “Look, your father-in-law is going up ⁴  to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

[38:11]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[38:11]  ² tn Heb “Otherwise he will die, also he, like his brothers.”

[38:11]  sn I don’t want him to die like his brothers. This clause explains that Judah had no intention of giving Shelah to Tamar for the purpose of the levirate marriage. Judah apparently knew the nature of his sons, and feared that God would be angry with the third son and kill him as well.

[38:13]  ³ tn Heb “And it was told to Tamar, saying.”

[38:13]  ⁴ tn The active participle indicates the action was in progress or about to begin.