The law in Deuteronomy 25:5, respecting the duty of a surviving brother to marry his deceased brother's widow in order to continue the race, will fully explain the circumstances here detailed. To inculcate observance of this law was probably the aim of the historian. Had Judah given Shelah to Tamar, as he admitted he should have done according to ancient custom, the events recorded here would not have happened: see also Matthew 22:23.
- 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...
_perform_ The first instance of the "levirate" (Lat. _lêvir_, "brother-in-law") law which made it obligatory for a surviving brother to marry the widow of his brother, if the latter should die childle...
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 UNTO ONAN, GO IN UNTO THY BROTHER'S WIFE, AND MARRY HER, AND RAISE UP SEED TO THY BROTHER._ Marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. The first instance of a custom which was after...
The duty of a husband’s brother forms part of Moses’ law. (See Deuteronomy 25:5-6.) It is important in Ruth 3:1-22. We read about it in Mark 12:18-23. But this chapter (chapter 38) shows that the duty...
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...
GO IN UNTO THY brother’s wife. — We learn from this that the law _of_ the Levirate, by which the brother of the dead husband was required to marry the widow, was of far more ancient date than the law...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוּדָה֙ לְ אֹונָ֔ן בֹּ֛א אֶל
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 unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise (c) up seed to thy brother. (c) This order was for the preservation of the stock, since the child begotten by the sec...
Wife. This was then customary among the Chanaanites, as Philo insinuates. It also continued to be practiced in Egypt, till the year of Christ 491 at least, when the marriage had not been consummated....
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...
8._Go in unto thy brother’s wife_. Although no law had hitherto been prescribed concerning brother’s marriages, that the surviving brother should raise up seed to one who was dead; it is, nevertheless...
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 UNTO ONAN,.... Some time after his brother's death: GO IN UNTO THY BROTHER'S WIFE, AND MARRY HER; Moses here uses a word not common for marriage, but which was peculiar to the marrying...
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. Ver. 8. _And Judah said unto Onan._] At fourteen years of age likewise. For, from the birth o...
_Er was wicked in the sight of the Lord_ That is, in defiance of God, and his law. _And the Lord slew him_ Cut him off by an untimely death, before he had any children by Tamar. As long life among the...
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 unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. This custom of marriage between a man and the widow of his brother, known as the levirate, was...
THE STORY OF JUDAH, SHUAH, AND TAMAR...
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...
This, as also divers other things, was now instituted and observed amongst God's people, and afterwards was expressed in a written law, DEUTERONOMY 25:5,6. See also NUMBERS 36:6,7 RTH 1:11 MATTHEW 22:...
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 38:8 Judah H3063 said H559 (H8799) Onan H209 in H935 (H8798) brothers H251 wife H802 marry...
JUDAH FALLS FURTHER INTO SIN (GENESIS 38:1). The compiler's purpose in the insertion of this separate account of Judah's private life here is to demonstrate that Judah, having betrayed Joseph (and Jac...
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...
_Onan_ THE SIN OF ONAN I. IT WAS PROMPTED BY A LOW MOTIVE. It was as selfish as it was vile. Onan’s design was to preserve the whole inheritance for his own house. II. IT WAS AN ACT OF WILFUL DISOBE...
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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 38:8 Judah instructs his second son ONAN to fulfill the custom of “levirate marriage,” which required a brother to marry his brother’s childless widow and give her children. Se...
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...
A.M. 2282. B.C. 1722. Leviticus 18:16 Numbers 36:8 Numbers 36:9 Deuteronomy 25:5...