“And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.”
She took off her widow's clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife. The motivation is stated plainly: Shelah is grown; Tamar has not been given. The legal injustice is the context for the deception. The application: the narrative names Tamar's motivation before describing her action — the injustice precedes the deception, and the injustice is Judah's.
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