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 would not have been simply based on her covered face. Her being alone by the roadside possibly contributed to his assumption (Jeremiah 3:2 links “waysides” with prostitution).

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