Genesis 38:14

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She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.

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Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.

The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Adullam was a town in the Shephelah, Judah’s western foothills, where Judah had earlier associated with Hirah; Chezib was likely a nearby Judean settlement where his family had lived. Enaim, probably on the road between them near Timnah, was where Tamar positioned herself to intercept Judah during sheep-shearing season.

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Genesis 38:14 mentions Adullam, Chezib and Enaim.