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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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_perform_ The first instance of the "levirate" (Lat. _lêvir_,
"brother-in-law") law which made it obligatory for a surviving brother
to marry the widow of his brother, if the latter should die childle...
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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 JUDAH SAID UNTO ONAN, GO IN UNTO THY BROTHER'S WIFE, AND MARRY
HER, AND RAISE UP SEED TO THY BROTHER._
Marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. The first instance of a
custom which was after...
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The duty of a husband’s brother forms part of Moses’ law. (See
Deuteronomy 25:5-6.) It is important in Ruth 3:1-22. We read about it
in Mark 12:18-23. But this chapter (chapter 38) shows that the duty...
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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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GO IN UNTO THY brother’s wife. — We learn from this that the law
_of_ the Levirate, by which the brother of the dead husband was
required to marry the widow, was of far more ancient date than the law...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוּדָה֙ לְ אֹונָ֔ן
בֹּ֛א אֶל
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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 Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry
her, and raise (c) up seed to thy brother.
(c) This order was for the preservation of the stock, since the child
begotten by the sec...
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Wife. This was then customary among the Chanaanites, as Philo
insinuates. It also continued to be practiced in Egypt, till the year
of Christ 491 at least, when the marriage had not been consummated....
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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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8._Go in unto thy brother’s wife_. Although no law had hitherto been
prescribed concerning brother’s marriages, that the surviving
brother should raise up seed to one who was dead; it is, nevertheless...
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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 JUDAH SAID UNTO ONAN,.... Some time after his brother's death:
GO IN UNTO THY BROTHER'S WIFE, AND MARRY HER; Moses here uses a word
not common for marriage, but which was peculiar to the marrying...
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And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry
her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Ver. 8. _And Judah said unto Onan._] At fourteen years of age
likewise. For, from the birth o...
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_Er was wicked in the sight of the Lord_ That is, in defiance of God,
and his law. _And the Lord slew him_ Cut him off by an untimely death,
before he had any children by Tamar. As long life among the...
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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 Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry
her, and raise up seed to thy brother. This custom of marriage between
a man and the widow of his brother, known as the levirate, was...
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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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This, as also divers other things, was now instituted and observed
amongst God's people, and afterwards was expressed in a written law,
DEUTERONOMY 25:5,6. See also NUMBERS 36:6,7 RTH 1:11 MATTHEW 22:...
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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 38:8 Judah H3063 said H559 (H8799) Onan H209 in H935 (H8798)
brothers H251 wife H802 marry...
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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 38:8 Judah instructs his second son ONAN to
fulfill the custom of “levirate marriage,” which required a
brother to marry his brother’s childless widow and give her
children. Se...
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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. 2282. B.C. 1722. Leviticus 18:16 Numbers 36:8 Numbers 36:9
Deuteronomy 25:5...