IGenesisi 38:19-23

UThamari wasuka lapho, wabuyela ekhaya, wayisusa imvakazi, wagqoka inzilo yakhe. UJuda wayesethumela izinyane lembuzi ngesandla somngani wakhe wase-Adulamu, ukuze kubuye izimpahla zakhe ayebambise ngazo kowesifazane, kodwa akamtholanga. Wayesebuza kubantu ababakhe lapho, wathi: “Saya ngaphi isifebe esasihlala eceleni komgwaqo e-Enayimi na?” Abantu bathi: “Akukaze kube khona sifebe lapha.” Waphindela kuJuda, wathi: “Angisitholanga. Nabantu bakhona bathe: ‘Akukaze kube khona sifebe lapha.’ ” UJuda wathi: “Masizithathele zona sizigcine, funa sihlazeke. Ngilithumele leli zinyane, kodwa wena awusifumananga.”