Tamar

What the Bible says

Genesis 38:6-7

⁶And Juda took a wife for Her his firstborn, whose name was Thamar. ⁷And Her, the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord: and was slain by him.

Genesis 38:14, 18, 26

¹⁴And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him. ¹⁸Juda said: What wilt thou have for a pledge? She answered: Thy ring and bracelet, and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand. The woman therefore at one copulation conceived. ²⁶But he acknowledging the gifts, said: She is juster than I: because I did not give her to Sela, my son. However, he knew her no more.

Genesis 38:27-30; Matthew 1:3

²⁷And when she was ready to be brought to bed, there appeared twins in her womb: and in the very delivery of the infants, one put forth a hand, whereon the midwife tied a scarlet thread, saying: ²⁸This shall come forth the first. ²⁹But he drawing back his hand, the other came forth: and the woman said: Why is the partition divided for thee? and therefore called his name Phares. ³⁰Afterwards his brother came out, on whose hand was the scarlet thread: and she called him Zara.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.