D.A.F.'s Chumash section - bereishis Chapter 38, Pasuk 19

Why does it say "va'Takam"?

Ha'amek Davar: She rose with Simchah because she knew that she was pregnant. Therefore she returned to wear her widow's garments, to show that she is bonded to Yehudah through being widowed.

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Mechon Mamre, for generously providing the English & Hebrew Biblical texts

The Estate Distribution Fund of the Government of Israel

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Mechon Mamre, for generously providing the
English & Hebrew Biblical texts

The Opaline Fund of the Jewish Community
Federation and Endowment Fund