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- The Family of Judah
1. עדלם _‛__ǎdûllâm_, ‘Adullam, “righteousness.”
חירה _chı̂yrâh_ Chirah, “nobility?”
2. שׁוּע _shûa‛_, Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.”
3. ער _‛__êr_, ‘Er, “watching.”...
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CHAPTER 38 JUDAH AND TAMAR
_ 1. Judah's marriage to the Canaanitish woman (Genesis 38:1)_
2. His sons: Er, Onan and Shelah (Genesis 38:3)
3. Tamar married to Er and Onan (Genesis 38:6)
4. Tamar wa...
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GENESIS 38. JUDAH AND TAMAR. The source is J, but not the same stratum
as that to which the Joseph story belongs. There is not room for the
events either before or after the events of Genesis 37, nor...
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Tamar and Judah
12. _Timnah_ Possibly the same as in Joshua 15:10; Joshua 15:57;
Judges 14:1....
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_And she put off_, &c. The neglect on Judah's part to satisfy the
requirements of the levirate rule provoked Tamar to have recourse to
trickery. To our moral sense such conduct is bad and disgusting....
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PART FORTY-FIVE
THE INCIDENT OF JUDAH AND TAMAR
(Genesis 38:1-30)
_The Biblical Account._
1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his
brethren, and turned in to a certain Adul...
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_AND IT WAS TOLD TAMAR, SAYING, BEHOLD THY FATHER IN LAW GOETH UP TO
TIMNATH TO SHEAR HIS SHEEP._ TAMAR ... COVERED HER WITH A VEIL,
[Septuagint, to theristron] - the summer garment, a veil or coverin...
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THE HISTORY OF JUDAH
The sins recorded in this chapter testify eloquently to the great need
the world had of the Greatest of the descendants of Judah, who came to
teach the virtue of purity and the sa...
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AN OPEN PLACE] RV 'the gate of Enaim,' near Adullam....
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Shelah had become old enough to do the duty of a husband’s brother
for Tamar. But Shelah’s father Judah did not allow him to do his
duty. Judah was afraid that Shelah would die. Shelah’s two brothers...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 38
JUDAH AND TAMAR
V1 At that time, Judah left his brothers. He stayed with a member of
the *tribe of Adullam, whose name was Hirah. V2 There Jud...
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IN AN OPEN PLACE. — Heb., _in the gate of Enajim._ Enajim means
“the two fountains,” and we learn from Genesis 38:21 that it was
the town where Tamar’s father dwelt, and where Tamar was living with
hi...
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וַ תָּסַר֩ בִּגְדֵ֨י אַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּ
מֵֽ עָלֶ֗יהָ...
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The sad and tragic story of Judah's corruption recorded here needs
very little comment. It carries its own lessons of the frailty of
human nature and of the far-reaching effects of sin.
However, placi...
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JUDAH'S ADULTERY WITH TAMAR
Perhaps out of disgust for his brothers' thoughts of killing Joseph
and deceiving Jacob, Judah went to a city about twelve miles outside
Bethlehem. He married a Canaanite w...
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Veil; (theristrum) a long robe, covering the whole body, except the
eyes. Thus she was disguised; or, as it were, masked, as Aquila
translates. Harlots herein imitated modest women, chap. xxiv. 65. --...
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Peter describes this lust, in strong expressions, 2 Peter 2:14....
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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14._And sat in an open place _(140) Interpreters expound this passage
variously. Literally, it is “in the door of fountains, or of
eyes.” Some suppose there was a fountain which branched into two
stre...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41.
What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to
which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all
the...
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AND SHE PUT HER WIDOW'S GARMENTS OFF FROM HER,.... By which it appears
that in those times and countries it was usual for widows to have a
different apparel from others, especially in the time of thei...
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And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a
vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the
way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she...
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_She put her widow's garments off_, &c. Some excuse her conduct in
this by suggesting that she believed the promise made to Abraham and
his seed, particularly that of the Messiah, and that she was the...
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1 Iudah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah.
6 Er marrieth Tamar.
8 The trespasse of Onan.
11 Tamar stayeth for Shelah.
13 She deceiueth Iudah.
27 She beareth twinnes, Pharez and Zarah.
1 AND it came...
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And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a
veil, and wrapped herself, completely muffled and disguised both her
face and her form, after the manner of the public harlots, or...
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Judah Becomes Guilty of Incest...
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SECOND SECTION
_Judah’s temporary separation (probably in sadness on account of the
deed). His sons. Thamar._
GENESIS 38:1-30
1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down, from his
brethr...
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The story of Joseph is interrupted in this chapter to expose the
shamefulness of an important part of Judah's history. We have seen
that Judah took the lead in selling Joseph as a slave. In fact, in
e...
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AN OPEN PLACE:
_ Heb._ the door of eyes, or, of Enajim...
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COVERED HER WITH A VAIL, as harlots used to do in those modester ages
of the world, when they had not learnt to outface the sun, nor to
glory in their villanies. IN AN OPEN PLACE, where she night be s...
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Presents one of those remarkable circumstances in which divine grace
is seen gloriously triumphing over man's sin. "It is evident that our
Lord sprang out of Juda." (Hebrews 7:14) But how? "Judas bega...
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Genesis 38:14 off H5493 (H8686) widows H491 garments H899 covered
H3680 (H8762) veil H6809 wrapped H5968 ...
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‘And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered
herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim
which is by the way to Timnah, for she saw that Shelah was g...
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CONTENTS: Shame of Judah and his sons.
CHARACTERS: Judah, Hirah, Er, Onen, Tamar.
CONCLUSION: The sins which dishonor and defile the body are evidences
of vile affection and are very displeasing to...
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Genesis 38:1. _At that time._ All the events of this chapter could not
happen in the twenty-two years from the selling of Joseph, to Israel's
going down into Egypt; but according to Eben Ezra, as quot...
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_Tamar_
LESSONS
1.
Sinful hearts when they suffer from God’s hand are apt to vent it
upon creatures.
2. Carnal relations grow quickly weary of showing kindness when their
aims are crossed by God....
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 38:13 Having waited for Judah to fulfill his
promise regarding Shelah (v. Genesis 38:11), Tamar decides to take
action. She puts off her widow’s g
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 38:1 The shocking account of Judah’s
relationship with Tamar, which interrupts the story of Joseph in
Egypt, fulfills an important role in Genesis 1:1 by providing a record
of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 38:1. Turned in.] _(Heb.)_ “And he pitched,” _i.e.,_ his
tent. He came to dwell in the near neighbourhood of a man belonging to
the small kingdom of Adullam (Joshua 12:15; Jo...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 38:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS. The present chapter appears to interrupt the
continuity of the narrative of Joseph's history. Partly on this
account, and partly because the name Jehovah...
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For the correlating audio message go to Chapter 37
Now it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his
brothers, and he turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was
Hirah. And Judah s...
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and sat. Proverbs 7:12 Jeremiah 3:2 Ezekiel 16:25 an open place. Heb.
the door of eyes, or of {Enajim.} Timnath. Genesis 38:12...