And Judah acknowledged, and said: "Tamar is more righteous than I am. And therefore let them burn her not." And for that reason she was not given to Shelah, and he did not again approach her.
And after that she bare two sons, Perez and Zerah, in the seventh year of this second week. And thereupon the seven years of fruitfulness were accomplished, of which Joseph spake to Pharaoh.
And Judah acknowledged that the deed which he had done was evil, for he had lain with his daughter-in-law, and he esteemed it hateful in his eyes, and he acknowledged that he had transgressed and gone astray; for he had uncovered the skirt of his son,