Then  said  Judah  to  Tamar  his  daughter  -in-law,  Remain  a  widow  at thy  father  's  house ,  till  Shelah  my  son  be  grown :  for  he  said , Lest  peradventure  he  die  also , as his  brethren   did  . And  Tamar  went  and  dwelt  in her  father  's  house .