One day the older daughter said to her sister,“ There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.

大女儿对小女儿说：“我们的父亲老了，地上又无人按着世上的常规进到我们这里。

大女儿对小女儿说：“我们的父亲老了，这地又没有男人可以照世上的礼俗来与我们结合。

大女儿对小女儿说：“我们的父亲老了，这地又没有男人可以照世上的礼俗来与我们结合。

他的大女儿对妹妹说：“我们的父亲年纪大了，这里又没有男子可以照着世上的习俗娶我们。

大女儿对小女儿说：“我们的爸爸已经老了，这地又没有男人可以按着世上的常规进来与我们亲近。

大女儿对小女儿说：“我们的父亲老了，这地又没有男人照着世上的常理与我们同房。

大女兒對小女兒說：「我們的父親老了，地上又無人按着世上的常規進到我們這裏。

大女兒對小女兒說：「我們的父親老了，這地又沒有男人可以照世上的禮俗來與我們結合。

大女兒對小女兒說：「我們的父親老了，這地又沒有男人可以照世上的禮俗來與我們結合。

他的大女兒對妹妹說：「我們的父親年紀大了，這裡又沒有男子可以照著世上的習俗娶我們。

大女兒對小女兒說：“我們的爸爸已經老了，這地又沒有男人可以按著世上的常規進來與我們親近。

大女兒對小女兒說：『我們父親老了；此地又沒有男人可以按着全地上的常規進來找我們。

大女兒對小女兒說：「我們的父親老了，這地又沒有男人照著世上的常理與我們同房。

長女謂季女曰、吾父已老、斯土又無人與我為偶、以循人道、

長女謂季女曰、吾父已老、斯土又無人、與我為偶、以循人道、

長女謂季女曰、吾父已老、斯地無人與我為偶、以循人道、

One day the older daughter said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children— as is the custom all over the earth.

One day the older daughter spoke to the younger one. She said,“ Our father is old. People all over the earth have men to marry and have children with. We do not.

And the firstborn said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.

Then the firstborn said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land.

Then the firstborn said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to have relations with us according to the custom of all the earth.

Now the firstborn said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth.

And the first- born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

Then the firstborn said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land.

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father[ is] old, and[ there is] not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

Later the older daughter said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world.

The firstborn said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

“ If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow may not be married to anyone from outside the family. Instead, her husband’s brother should marry her and have intercourse with her to fulfill the duties of a brother in law.

In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying,“ Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.”

In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.

So Sarai said to Abram,“ The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal.

Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said,“ With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!”

So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.

Tamar was aware that Shelah had grown up, but no arrangements had been made for her to come and marry him. So she changed out of her widow’s clothing and covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. Then she sat beside the road at the entrance to the village of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.Judah noticed her and thought she was a prostitute, since she had covered her face.So he stopped and propositioned her.“ Let me have sex with you,” he said, not realizing that she was his own daughter in law.“ How much will you pay to have sex with me?” Tamar asked.“ I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah promised.“ But what will you give me to guarantee that you will send the goat?” she asked.“ What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied. She answered,“ Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.Afterward she went back home, took off her veil, and put on her widow’s clothing as usual.Later Judah asked his friend Hirah the Adullamite to take the young goat to the woman and to pick up the things he had given her as his guarantee. But Hirah couldn’t find her.So he asked the men who lived there,“ Where can I find the shrine prostitute who was sitting beside the road at the entrance to Enaim?”“ We’ve never had a shrine prostitute here,” they replied.So Hirah returned to Judah and told him,“ I couldn’t find her anywhere, and the men of the village claim they’ve never had a shrine prostitute there.”“ Then let her keep the things I gave her,” Judah said.“ I sent the young goat as we agreed, but you couldn’t find her. We’d be the laughingstock of the village if we went back again to look for her.”About three months later, Judah was told,“ Tamar, your daughter in law, has acted like a prostitute. And now, because of this, she’s pregnant.”“ Bring her out, and let her be burned!” Judah demanded.But as they were taking her out to kill her, she sent this message to her father in law:“ The man who owns these things made me pregnant. Look closely. Whose seal and cord and walking stick are these?”Judah recognized them immediately and said,“ She is more righteous than I am, because I didn’t arrange for her to marry my son Shelah.” And Judah never slept with Tamar again.When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins.While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child’s wrist, announcing,“ This one came out first.”But then he pulled back his hand, and out came his brother!“ What!” the midwife exclaimed.“ How did you break out first?” So he was named Perez.Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.

He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.

Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan,“ Go and marry Tamar, as our law requires of the brother of a man who has died. You must produce an heir for your brother.”But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.

He said this because he didn’t really know what else to say, for they were all terrified.