Chapter One
WHEN Tamar saw Judah leading a donkey burdened
with sacks and a fine rug, she took her hoe and ran to the
farthest border of her father's land. Sick with dread, she
worked with her back to the house, hoping he would pass
by and seek some other girl for his son. When her nurse
called her, Tamar pretended not to hear and hacked harder
at the earth with her hoe. Tears blinded her.
"Tamar!" Acsah puffed as she reached her. "Didn't you
see Judah? You must return to the house with me now.
Your mother is about to send your brothers after you, and
they'll not take kindly to your delay." Acsah grimaced.
"Don't look at me like that, child. This isn't of my doing.
Would you prefer a marriage with one of those Ishmaelite
traders on his way to Egypt?"
"You've heard about Judah's son just as I have."
"I've heard." She held o ... read full excerpt from Unveiled: Lineage of Grace #1 ebook