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CHAPTER XXXVIII
Judah _marries the daughter of a Canaanite_, 1, 2;
_and begets of her_ Er, 3,
Onan, 4,
_and_ Shelah, 5.
_Er marries_ Tamar, 6;
_is slain for his wickedness_, 7....
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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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_at that time_ Cf. Genesis 21:22. The notes of time in this chapter
are very indefinite. Cf. 12, "in process of time." The marriage of
Judah with the daughter of Shua, the birth of his three sons, Er,...
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AND IT CAME, &C.— Moses relates this transaction because it
concerned the principal end which his history had in view; namely, to
transmit the genealogy of Christ, who descended from Abraham by Judah;...
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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 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 occurr...
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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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ADULLAMITE] Adullam was in the lowland of Judah, SW. of Jerusalem....
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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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This chapter is not a part of the main story. The main story continues
from the end of chapter 37 to chapter 39 verse 1.
This chapter has two purposes:
• It tells the origin of three families of Jud...
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AT THAT TIME. — This does not mean at the time of Joseph’s sale;
for as there was only an interval of twenty-two years between that
event and the descent into Egypt, this period is scarcely long enoug...
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וַֽ יְהִי֙ בָּ † עֵ֣ת הַ הִ֔וא...
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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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And it came to pass at that time, that (a) Judah went down from his
brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was]
Hirah.
(a) Moses describes the genealogy of Judah, because the Me...
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At that time Juda, twenty years old, marries the daughter of Sue, and
has three sons by her during the three following years. The first
takes Thamar to wife, when he was seventeen. Onan marries her th...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter is a digression from the subject of Joseph's history, but
it becomes a very interesting one, because it records the race of
Judah, another of Jacob's sons. And as our LORD sprang...
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See 1 Chronicles 2:3; Numbers 26:19. Reader! observe here the general
feature of last since the fall. See Genesis 6:4; Genesis 6:4....
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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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1._And it came to pass at that time, that Judah_. Before Moses
proceeds in relating the history of Joseph, he inserts the genealogy
of Judah, to which he devotes more labor, because the Redeemer was
t...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS AT THAT TIME,.... This some refer to the time of
Jacob's coming from Padanaram into Canaan, soon after he came to
Shechem, and before the affair of Dinah; but to this may be object...
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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.
Ver. 1. _And it came to pass at that time._] Before the rape o...
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_At that time_ That is, _about that time;_ this expression, as also
the words _then, in those days_, often referring in Scripture to a
considerable space of time. For though these words, as Le Clerc 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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THE STORY OF JUDAH, SHUAH, AND TAMAR...
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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.
After the episode with Joseph, Judah separated himself from his
br...
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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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GENESIS CHAPTER 38 Judah marries a Canaanitish woman, who bears him
three sons, GENESIS 38:1. He marries his eldest son to Tamar, GENESIS
38:6. He being wicked is slain by God, GENESIS 38:7. The secon...
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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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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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_Judah_
THE CHARACTER OF JUDAH -
I. FAITHLESSNESS TOWARDS GOD.
1. In his separation from his brethren (Genesis 38:1).
2. In his marriage with an idolater (Genesis 38:2).
II. A STRONG SENSUAL NATUR...
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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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A.M. 2265. B.C. 1739. it came. turned. Genesis 19:2 Genesis 19:3
Judges 4:18 2 Kings 4:8...
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Judah went down from his brethren — Withdrew for a time from his
father's family, and got intimately acquainted with one Hirah an
Adullamite. When young people that have been well educated begin to
ch...