Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Genesis 38:13
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. She received the information simply in the manner in which a piece of news is passed on.
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. She received the information simply in the manner in which a piece of news is passed on.
- 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...
_shear his sheep_ Sheep-shearing was an occasion of festivity, and often of licentiousness. See note on Genesis 31:19. Cf. 1 Samuel 25:2 ff.; 2 Samuel 13:23 f....
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...
_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 coverin...
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...
TIMNATH] on the Philistine border of Judah....
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...
וַ יֻּגַּ֥ד לְ תָמָ֖ר לֵ אמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֥ה
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...
Judges 14:1. It is worthy remark, that though there are, I believe, but four women named in the list of the ancestors of CHRIST, after the flesh, in Matthew's relation of the pedigree, this is one of...
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...
13._And it was told Tamar_. Moses relates how Tamer avenged herself for the injury done her. She did not at first perceive the fraud, but discovered it after a long course of time. When Shelah had gro...
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 IT WAS TOLD TAMAR,.... By some of her neighbours, or by some of Judah's family; SAYING, BEHOLD, THY FATHER IN LAW GOETH UP TO TIMNATH TO SHEAR HIS SHEEP; which might be told her as an indifferent...
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. Ver. 13. _To shear his sheep._] And so to put by his sorrow, as Jonathan did his anger, by going into t...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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 38:13 told H5046 (H8714) Tamar H8559 saying H559 (H8800) father-in-law H2524 up H5927 (H8802) Timnah...
‘And Tamar was told saying, “Look, your father-in-law goes up to Timnah to shear his sheep.' It would appear that Tamar was not invited to the funeral and mourning for her mother-in-law and realises...
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 38:13 Having waited for Judah to fulfill his promise regarding Shelah (v. Genesis 38:11), Tamar decides to take action. She puts off her widow’s g
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...
Timnath. Judges 14:1 shear. Genesis 31:19 1 Samuel 25:2 1 Samuel 25:11...