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Verse Genesis 38:10. _WHEREFORE HE SLEW HIM ALSO._] The sin of Onan
has generally been supposed to be _self-pollution_; but this is
certainly a mistake; his crime was _his refusal to raise up seed to...
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- 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.”...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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 c...
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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...
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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...
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When Onan spilled his seed, that was not very wrong. These things were
wrong.
• He did not do his duty. He did not produce a child for his
brother.
• He was not honest. He pretended to do his duty a...
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וַ יֵּ֛רַע בְּ עֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה
אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑
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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...
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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...
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Timnath, a place remarkable for intrigue. See Judges 14:1....
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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...
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10._And the thing which he did displeased the LORD_. Less neatly the
Jews speak about this matter. I will contend myself with briefly
mentioning this, as far as the sense of shame allows to discuss it...
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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...
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AND THE THING WHICH HE DID DISPLEASED THE LORD,.... Being done out of
envy to his brother, and through want of affection to the memory of
his name; and it may be out of covetousness to get his estate...
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_And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him
also._
Ver. 10. _Wherefore he slew him._] God oft punisheth the abuse of the
marriage bed, either with untimely death - it was w...
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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...
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And the thing which he did displeased the Lord, was evil in His eyes;
wherefore He slew him also....
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THE STORY OF JUDAH, SHUAH, AND TAMAR...
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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...
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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...
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DISPLEASED THE LORD:
_ Heb._ was evil in the eyes of the Lord...
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DISPLEASED THE LORD; an expression noting a more than ordinary offence
against God, as 2 SAMUEL 11:27. This just but dreadful severity of God
is noted both for the terror of such-like transgressors, a...
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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...
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Genesis 38:10 thing H834 did H6213 (H8804) displeased H3415 (H8799)
H5869 LORD H3068 killed H4191 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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displeased. Heb. was evil in the eyes of. Numbers 11:1 Numbers 22:34 2
Samuel 11:27 1 Chronicles 21:7...