The seal was much more valuable than the goat. So Judah wanted to give the goat to the woman and to have his seal back. But he did not want to ask all the people who the woman was. Otherwise, they would know what he had done. He had had sex with a strange woman for money. He did not want people to know that. And so he decided that he would do nothing.
Verse Genesis 38:23. _LEST WE BE SHAMED_] Not of the _act_, for this he does not appear to have thought criminal; but lest he should fall under the raillery of his companions and neighbours, for havin...
- 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.”...
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...
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...
_Let her take it to her_ i.e. let her retain the pledges, lest by making enquiries Judah should be exposed to shame....
Tamar and Judah 12. _Timnah_ Possibly the same as in Joshua 15:10; Joshua 15:57; Judges 14:1....
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...
_AND JUDAH SAID, LET HER TAKE IT TO HER, LEST WE BE SHAMED: BEHOLD, I SENT THIS KID, AND THOU HAST NOT FOUND HER._ Judah said, Let her take it to her - i:e., Let her keep the pledges to herself, and...
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...
LEST WE BE SHAMED. — Maimonides asserts that Judah had committed _no_ breach of the Law, the utmost therein commanded being that no Jewish woman should become a _kedeshah_ (Deuteronomy 23:17). But Jud...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוּדָה֙ תִּֽקַּֽח ־לָ֔הּ פֶּ֖ן...
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...
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...
And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be (g) shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. (g) He fears man more than God....
A lie. Hebrew, "lest we be exposed to shame," by making any farther search. (Menochius)...
Leviticus 21:9. As Tamar was by right betrothed to Judah's third son, no doubt it was adultery in her....
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...
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...
AND JUDAH SAID, LET HER TAKE [IT] TO HER,.... The pledge, and make no further inquiry after her; LEST WE BE SHAMED; Judah for committing fornication, which even among Heathens, at least at that time...
And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. Ver. 23. _Lest we be shamed._] His care was more to shun shame, than sin. How much b...
_Lest we be ashamed_ Either, 1st, Lest his sin should come to be known publicly; or, 2d, Lest he should be laughed at as a fool for trusting a whore with his signet and his bracelets. He expresses no...
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...
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. Judah feared that any further search for the woman would bring him, not moral condemnat...
Judah Becomes Guilty of Incest...
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...
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...
BE SHAMED: _ Heb._ become a contempt...
Note, that fornication was esteemed sinful and shameful amongst the heathens....
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...
Genesis 38:23 Judah H3063 said H559 (H8799) take H3947 (H8799) shamed H937 sent H7971 (H8804) goat...
‘And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, and he did not find her. Then he asked the men of her place, “Where is the s...
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...
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...
_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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
lest we. 2 Samuel 12:9 Proverbs 6:33 Romans 6:21 2 Corinthians 4:2...
Lest we be shamed — Either, Lest his sin should come to be known publicly, Or Lest he should be laughed at as a fool for trusting a whore with his signet and his bracelets. He expresses no concern abo...