Genesis 38 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 01_Genesis_38

Attribution: Genesis 38 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_38, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
38:1	ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ...	ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲇⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ...	asṡōpi ḋe xen p̀·syou ète m̀mav...	And it came to pass at that time that Judas went down from his brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Odollam, whose name was Iras.
38:4	... ⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ϫⲉⲁⲩⲛⲁⲛ	Ⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲛⲁⲛ	Aste èpefran je avnan	And she conceived and bore a son again; and called his name, Aunan.
38:5	ⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧⲥ ⲉⲥⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ϫⲉⲥⲏⲗⲱⲙ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉⲥϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲛⲭⲁⲥⲃⲓ ⲉⲥⲛⲁⲙⲁⲥⲧⲟⲩ	ⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲧⲥ ⲉⲥⲙⲓⲥⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲥⲏⲗⲱⲙ ⲑⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉⲥϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ⲭⲁⲥⲃⲓ ⲉⲥⲛⲁⲙⲁⲥⲧⲟⲩ	asouōh ḋe on etots esmisi ǹouṡyri ouoh asmou èpefran je sylōm θai ḋe nesṡop xen kasvi esnamastou	And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them.
38:6	ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ⲇⲉ ϫⲓⲟⲩⲥϩⲓ ⲉⲛⲏⲣ ⲡⲉϥϣⲣⲡⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲑⲁⲙⲁⲣ	ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ⲇⲉ ϭⲓⲟⲩⲥϩⲓ ⲉⲛⲏⲣ ⲡⲉϥϣⲣⲡⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲑⲁⲙⲁⲣ	aioudas ḋe ċious·hi enyr pefṡrpmise èpesran pe θamar	And Judas took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Thamar.
38:7	ⲁⲏⲣ ⲇⲉ ⲡϣⲣⲡⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ϣⲱ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲟⲩⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲙⲟϥ	ⲁⲏⲣ ⲇⲉ ⲡ̀ϣⲣⲡⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲛ̀ⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ϣⲱ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡ̀ⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲙⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ	ayr ḋe p̀ṡrpmise ǹioudas ṡō ǹouponyros ǹte p̀m̀θo èvol ǹp̀ċois ouoh a f̀nouti mou m̀mof	And Er, the first-born of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him.
38:8	ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲇⲉ ⲛϭⲓⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ	ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ	pegaf ḋe ǹje ioudas	draft · highAnd Judas said
38:20	ϩⲛⲧϭⲓϫ ⲙⲡⲉϥϣⲱⲥ ⲡⲟⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲏⲃ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲉⲉⲣⲟⲥ	ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ϫⲓϫ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥϣⲱⲥ ⲡⲟⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉϥ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲣⲏⲃ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲧⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲥ̀ϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲥ	xen t̀jig ǹpefṡōs pomitys èθref ǹparyb ǹtots ǹt̀s̀·himi ouoh m̀pe èros	And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not.
38:21	ⲁϥϫⲛⲉⲛⲣ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲙϫⲉⲉⲥⲧⲱⲛ ⲧⲡⲟⲣⲛⲏ ⲉϣⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲛⲁⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉⲡⲟⲣⲛⲏ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲁ	ⲁϥϫⲛⲉⲛⲣ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲙⲁ ⲉ̀ϣⲧⲉⲙϫⲉⲉⲥⲑⲱⲛ ⲧ̀ⲡⲟⲣⲛⲏ ⲉϣⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ϩⲓ ⲧ ⲛⲁⲓⲛⲁⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉⲡⲟⲣⲛⲏ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ	afgnenr ḋe ǹp̀ma èṡtemjeesθōn t̀porny eṡasṡōpi hi t nainan pegav jempeporny ṡōpi ǹpaima	And he asked the men of the place, Where is the harlot who was in Aenan by the way-side? and they said, There was no harlot here.
38:22	ⲁϥⲕⲟⲧϥ ⲇⲉ ϣⲁⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉⲓϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲉⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲧ ϫⲉⲙⲛⲡⲟⲣⲛⲏ ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲙⲁ	ⲁϥⲕⲟⲧϥ ⲇⲉ ϣⲁ ⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲉⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧ ϫⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ⲡⲟⲣⲛⲏ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ	afkotf ḋe ṡa ioudas efgō m̀mos je ǹpairyti èros ouoh pejeǹrōmi et je m̀mon porny ǹpaima	And he returned to Judas, and said, I have not found her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here.
38:23	ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲇⲉ ⲛϭⲓⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ϫⲉ	ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ϫⲉ	pegaf ḋe ǹje ioudas je	And Judas said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her.
38:25	ⲉⲥϫⲱ ⲙ ϫⲉⲛⲧⲁⲓⲱⲱ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ ϫⲉⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛϥ ϫⲉⲡⲁⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲓⲝⲟⲩⲣ ⲙⲛⲡⲉⲓϩⲟⲣ ⲙⲛⲡⲓϭⲉⲣⲱⲃ	ⲉⲥϫⲱ ⲙ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲱⲱ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ ϫⲉ ⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛϥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲝⲟⲩⲣ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲁⲓϩⲟⲣ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲁⲓϭⲉⲣⲱⲃ	esgō m je ntaiōō èvol xen p̀rōmi etene nyi pegas je souōnf je panim pe paiksour nem paihor nem paiċerōb	And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff.
38:26	ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉⲁⲥ... ⲛ ⲑⲁⲙⲁⲣ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲧⲃⲉϫⲉⲙⲡⲉⲓⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲥⲏⲗⲱⲙ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲥⲟⲩ	ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉⲁⲥ... Ⲛ ⲑⲁⲙⲁⲣ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲓϩⲉⲧⲏⲓⲥ ⲛ̀ⲥⲏⲗⲱⲙ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲛ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉϥⲥⲟⲟⲩ	aioudas ḋe souōnou pegaf jeas... N θamar ehoueroi eθve je m̀peihetyis ǹsylōm paṡyri ouoh on m̀pefouōh etotf èθrefsoou	And Judas knew , and said, Thamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Selom my son: and he knew her not again.
38:27	ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲥⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲩⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲛϩⲏⲧⲥ	ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲥⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩⲛϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲥ̀ⲛⲁⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲏⲧⲥ	asṡōpi ḋe esnamisi ouoh navnṡyri s̀nav xen hyts	And it came to pass when she was in labour, that she also had twins in her womb.
38:28	[...]	[...]	[...]

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title: Genesis 38
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 01_Genesis_38
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Genesis 38 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_38, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Genesis/38.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Genesis 38 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 38.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 01_Genesis_38)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Genesis 38 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_38, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier b, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: abbrev=1 abbrev_unstroked=1 lexeme_L1-S-4=1 tokens=120
file: Bible/Old Testament/Genesis/38.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Genesis 38 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 38.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Genesis 38 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_38, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Genesis/38.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt
what it is: DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines: 12 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 1 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 01_Genesis_38 (12 lines)

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Genesis 38. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 01_Genesis_38. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/genesis/38.sahidic.scriptorium/. Genesis 38 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_38, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.