Genesis 38:11

犹大心里说：「恐怕示拉也死，像他两个哥哥一样」，就对他儿妇她玛说：「你去，在你父亲家里守寡，等我儿子示拉长大。」她玛就回去，住在她父亲家里。

yóu dà xīn lǐ shuō ：「 kǒng pà shì lā yě sǐ ， xiàng tā liǎng gè gē gē yí yàng 」， jiù duì tā ér fù tā mǎ shuō ：「 nǐ qù ， zài nǐ fù qīn jiā lǐ shǒu guǎ ， děng wǒ ér zi shì lā zhǎng dà 。」 tā mǎ jiù huí qù ， zhù zài tā fù qìng jia lǐ 。

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.