3. yazala inkwenkwe ekwathiwa nguEre igama layo.
4. Uphinde wazala enye inkwenkwe, kwathiwa igama layo nguOnan.
5. Uzele enye inkwenkwe kwakhona, yona kwathiwa nguShela. Wayehlala eKezibhi uJuda ukuzalwa kwale nkwenkwe.
6. UJuda wamfunela umfazi uEre unyana wakhe omkhulu. Igama lakhe lalinguTamare.
7. UEre wayeziphethe kakubi, loo nto yabangela ukuba *uNdikhoyo abunqamle ubomi bakhe.
8. UJuda uthe uOnan, umninawa kaEre, makadibane nomka-mkhuluwa wakhe, khon' ukuze azalele umkhuluwa wakhe abantwana ngokwesiko.
9. UOnan, esazi ukuba wayengazi kuzizalela abo bantwana, wathi rhoqo ukumane eyichithela phantsi imbewu yakhe ngalo lonke ixesha adibana noTamare, khon' ukuze angathathi, angamzaleli bantwana umkhuluwa wakhe.
10. Loo nto wayithiya kakhulu uNdikhoyo, waza wabunqamla ubomi bukaOnan.
11. Uthe ke uJuda kumolokazana wakhe uTamare makakhe agoduke, aye kuhlala kowabo engumhlolokazi, de kukhule uShela unyana omncinci. Watsho kuba esoyika hleze afe noShela kwanjengabakhuluwa bakhe. Wagoduka ke uTamare.
12. Emva kwethuba umka-Juda intombi kaShuwa wabhubha. Akuba ephumile ehlathini uJuda, wahamba nogxa wakhe uHira waseAdulam, baya eTimna, apho kwakuchetywa khona iigusha zakhe.
13. Kwabakho mntu uthile uhlebela uTamare ukuba uyisezala wayesiya kucheba iigusha zakhe eTimna.
14. UTamare wazikhulula iimpahla zokuzila awayezinxibile, wafihla nobuso bakhe ngesigqubuthelo, waza wahlala phantsi ngasesangweni lase-Enayim, eyayiyidolophu esendleleni eya eTimna. Wayesazi ukuba uShela unyana omncinci kaJuda wayeselekhulile, kodwa yena Tamare wayengekanikezelwa kuye.
15. Akumbona uTamare, uJuda waba lihenyukazi nje, kuba wayebufihlile ubuso bakhe.
16. Wawela indlela, waya kuye, wafika wathi: “Khawutsho, ufuna ndikunike ntoni?” Esitsho nje wayengaqondi ukuba ubhekisa kumolokazana wakhe.UTamare ke waphendula wathi: “Yintoni ongandinika yona wena?”
17. Uthe uJuda: “Ndakuthumela itakane lebhokhwe.”UTamare uthe: “Kulungile ukuba undinika isibambiso ndisigcine kude kufike elo takane.”