Genesis 38:15
What meaning of the genesis 38:15 in the Bible?
What does Genesis 38:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face."
What does Genesis 38:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face."
Verse Genesis 38:15. _THOUGHT HER TO BE A HARLOT_] See the original of this term, Genesis 34:31. The Hebrew is זונה _zonah_, and signifies generally a person who prostitutes herself to the public for...
- 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.” 4. או...
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...
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...
_WHEN JUDAH SAW HER, HE THOUGHT HER TO BE AN HARLOT; BECAUSE SHE HAD COVERED HER FACE._ When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot. Such a character as that which Tamar impersonated was to be...
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 s...
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 Juda...
BECAUSE SHE HAD COVERED HER FACE. — The Jewish commentators all agree that this was not the custom of harlots; and as Judah, in Genesis 38:21, calls her _kedeshah,_ one consecrated, he probably though...
וַ יִּרְאֶ֣הָ יְהוּדָ֔ה וַֽ יַּחְשְׁבֶ֖הָ לְ זֹונָ֑ה כִּ֥י כִסְּתָ֖ה פָּנֶֽיהָ׃...
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, plac...
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...
Peter describes this lust, in strong expressions, 2 Peter 2:14....
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...
15._When Judah saw her_. It was a great disgrace to Judah that he hastily desired intercourse with an unknown woman. He was now old; and therefore age alone, even in a lascivious man, ought to have re...
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...
WHEN JUDAH SAW HER, HE THOUGHT HER [TO BE] AN HARLOT,.... By her posture and the place she was in: BECAUSE SHE HAD COVERED HER FACE; with her veil, that he did not know her; for this is not given as...
When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face. Ver. 15. _He thought her to be an harlot._] Because she sat in an open place: first, _In bivio,_ saith Junius,...
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...
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...
And was doubtless careful not to discover herself by her voice....
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 38:15 Judah H3063 saw H7200 (H8799) thought H2803 (H8799) harlot H2181 (H8802) covered H3680 (H8765) face H6440...
‘When Judah saw her he thought her to be a prostitute for she had covered her face.' Here the common word for prostitute is used (zonot) but in Genesis 38:21 the word is kedesha, a ‘holy one', one de...
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...
harlot. Genesis 34:31 Leviticus 19:29 Leviticus 21:14 Numbers 25:1 Numbers 25:6 Deuteronomy 23:18 Judges 11:1 Judges 16:1 Judges 19:2 Judg