_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._
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_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._
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_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._
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_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?_
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_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._
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_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._
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_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._
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_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._
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_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 ]