Gen 38:11, Deu 25:5 | ESV | STEP | Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law , Remain a widow in your father’s house , till Shelah my son grows up —for he feared that he would die , like his brothers . So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house .

Genesis 38:11

11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, ^a“Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained ^bin her father’s house.

Deuteronomy 25:5

Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage

5 ^c“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her ^dhusband’s brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.