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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...
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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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_covered her face_ Cf. Proverbs 7:10. The attire indicated the
character she had assumed....
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Tamar and Judah
12. _Timnah_ Possibly the same as in Joshua 15:10; Joshua 15:57;
Judges 14:1....
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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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_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...
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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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HARLOT] RM Heb. _Kedeshah,_ 'that is, a woman dedicated to impure
heathen worship: see Deuteronomy 23:17; Hosea 4:14.' The surrender of
their chastity as the greatest sacrifice women could make was co...
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There were women who had sex for money. And some of those used to
cover their faces. So Judah thought that Tamar was such a woman. He
did not recognise her because she had covered her face....
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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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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...
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וַ יִּרְאֶ֣הָ יְהוּדָ֔ה וַֽ
יַּחְשְׁבֶ֖הָ לְ...
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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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Peter describes this lust, in strong expressions, 2 Peter 2:14....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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,...
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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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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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And was doubtless careful not to discover herself by her voice....
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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 38:15 Judah H3063 saw H7200 (H8799) thought H2803 (H8799)
harlot H2181 (H8802) covered H3680 ...
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‘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 ded...
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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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_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....
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 38:15 When Judah sees Tamar, he assumes that
she is a prostitute, FOR SHE HAD COVERED HER FACE. Since engaged women
also wore veils, Judah’s belief that Tamar is a PROSTITUTE w...
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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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harlot. Genesis 34:31 Leviticus 19:29 Leviticus 21:14 Numbers 25:1...