³⁰ And afterwards came out his brother that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zarah.

¹² And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron, and Hamul.

¹ Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don't put it in water.

² So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my waist.

³ The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying,

⁴ Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

⁵ So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.

⁶ It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.

⁷ Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.