_AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THAT TIME, THAT JUDAH WENT DOWN FROM HIS BRETHREN, AND TURNED IN TO A CERTAIN ADULLAMITE, WHOSE NAME WAS HIRAH._ At that time. This form of speech, which is of frequent occurrence in Scripture, is used not to mark an exact date, nor to give any note of time, but only to indi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH SAW THERE A DAUGHTER OF A CERTAIN CANAANITE, WHOSE NAME WAS SHUAH; AND HE TOOK HER, AND_ _ WENT IN UNTO HER._ And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite. Like Esau, this son of Jacob, casting off the restraints of religion, married into a Canaanite family; and it is not surpri... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE CONCEIVED, AND BARE A SON; AND HE CALLED HIS NAME ER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE YET AGAIN CONCEIVED, AND BARE A SON; AND CALLED HIS NAME SHELAH: AND HE WAS AT CHEZIB, WHEN SHE BARE HIM._ He was at Chezib when she bare him. Er and Onan having died without offspring, no further notice is taken of them. But Shelah lived to have a family, and therefore his birthplace is r... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH TOOK A WIFE FOR ER HIS FIRSTBORN, WHOSE NAME WAS TAMAR._ JUDAH TOOK A WIFE FOR ER (WAKING, WATCHFUL) ... WHOSE NAME WAS TAMAR - i:e., palm tree, meaning probably that she was tall and erect. Er shortened his days by his flagitious practices, being in all likelihood addicted to the abomina... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ER, JUDAH'S FIRSTBORN, WAS WICKED IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; AND THE LORD SLEW HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 afterward incorporated among the laws of Moses, that when a hushand died leaving a widow, his brother nex... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ONAN KNEW THAT THE SEED SHOULD NOT BE HIS; AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE WENT IN UNTO HIS BROTHER'S WIFE, THAT HE SPILLED IT ON THE GROUND, LEST THAT HE SHOULD GIVE SEED TO HIS BROTHER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ For he said, Lest peradventure he die also. Shelah, his third son being... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN PROCESS OF TIME THE DAUGHTER OF SHUAH JUDAH'S WIFE DIED; AND JUDAH WAS COMFORTED, AND WENT UP UNTO HIS SHEEPSHEARERS TO TIMNATH, HE AND HIS FRIEND HIRAH THE ADULLAMITE._ In process of time, х_ WAYIRBUW_ (H7235) _ HAYAAMIYM_ (H3117)] - and the days were multiplied; i:e., after a long time ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 covering, of probably a light colour, to attract notice, and at the same time to conceal her features from... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 found only in women without the gate of a well-ordered town (Revelation 22:15). BECAUSE SHE HAD C... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE TURNED UNTO HER BY THE WAY, AND SAID, GO TO, I PRAY THEE, LET ME COME IN UNTO THEE; (FOR HE KNEW NOT THAT SHE WAS HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW.) AND SHE SAID, WHAT WILT THOU GIVE ME, THAT THOU MAYEST COME IN UNTO ME?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, I WILL SEND THEE A KID FROM THE FLOCK. AND SHE SAID, WILT THOU GIVE ME A PLEDGE, TILL THOU SEND IT?_ I will send thee a kid from the flock. A kid-a roasted kid-was considered a very great delicacy in the East. And this fact may show in what light we are to regard the recompense offere... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, WHAT PLEDGE SHALL I GIVE THEE? AND SHE SAID, THY SIGNET, AND THY BRACELETS, AND THY STAFF THAT IS IN THINE HAND. AND HE GAVE IT HER, AND CAME IN UNTO HER, AND SHE CONCEIVED BY HIM._ Thy signet ..., х_ CHOTAAMKAA_ (H2368)] - a seal or signet bearing some legend, the name of the owner a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE AROSE, AND WENT AWAY, AND LAID BY HER VAIL FROM HER, AND PUT ON THE GARMENTS OF HER WIDOWHOOD._ AND SHE AROSE, AND WENT AWAY. Some pious writers have alleged, in extenuation of Tamar's shameful conduct, that, though a Canaanite, she had become connected with the chosen race, and had imbibed... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH SENT THE KID BY THE HAND OF HIS FRIEND THE ADULLAMITE, TO RECEIVE HIS PLEDGE FROM THE WOMAN'S HAND: BUT HE FOUND HER NOT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HE ASKED THE MEN OF THAT PLACE, SAYING, WHERE IS THE HARLOT, THAT WAS OPENLY BY THE WAY SIDE? AND THEY SAID, THERE WAS NO HARLOT IN THIS PLACE._ Where is the harlot?, х_ HAQªDEESHAAH_ (H6948)] - a female consecrated to the service of Ashtoreth (Venus) (cf. Deuteronomy 23:18). It is a differen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE RETURNED TO JUDAH, AND SAID, I CANNOT FIND HER; AND ALSO THE MEN OF THE PLACE SAID, THAT THERE WAS NO HARLOT IN THIS PLACE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 thus the matter will be hushed up.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER, THAT IT WAS TOLD JUDAH, SAYING, TAMAR THY DAUGHTER IN LAW HATH PLAYED THE HARLOT; AND ALSO, BEHOLD, SHE IS WITH CHILD BY WHOREDOM. AND JUDAH SAID, BRING HER FORTH, AND LET HER BE BURNT._ Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. In patriarchal times fathe... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN SHE WAS BROUGHT FORTH, SHE SENT TO HER FATHER IN LAW, SAYING, BY THE MAN, WHOSE THESE ARE, AM I WITH CHILD: AND SHE SAID, DISCERN, I PRAY THEE, WHOSE ARE THESE, THE SIGNET, AND BRACELETS, AND STAFF._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH ACKNOWLEDGED THEM, AND SAID, SHE HATH BEEN MORE RIGHTEOUS THAN I; BECAUSE THAT I GAVE HER NOT TO SHELAH MY SON. AND HE KNEW HER AGAIN NO MORE._ SHE HATH BEEN MORE RIGHTEOUS THAN I - i:e., Tamar's cause is more just than mine; or her conduct is more justifiable than my own in depriving her... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE TIME OF HER TRAVAIL, THAT, BEHOLD, TWINS WERE IN HER WOMB._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN SHE TRAVAILED, THAT THE ONE PUT OUT HIS HAND: AND THE MIDWIFE TOOK AND BOUND UPON HIS HAND A SCARLET THREAD, SAYING, THIS CAME OUT FIRST._ The one put out his hand, х_ WAYITEN_ (H5414) _ YAAD_ (H3027)] - there appeared a hand (the verb being used impersonally), 'a circums... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE DREW BACK HIS HAND, THAT, BEHOLD, HIS BROTHER CAME OUT: AND SHE SAID, HOW HAST THOU BROKEN FORTH? THIS BREACH BE UPON THEE: THEREFORE HIS NAME WAS CALLED PHAREZ._ How hast thou broken forth? (this) breach (be) upon thee. The demonstrative pronoun, which our translators h... [ Continue Reading ]