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Introduction

Overview

Genesis 38 . 1 , Judah begets Er , Onan , and Shelah; Genesis 38 . 6 , Er’s marriage with Tamar , and death; Genesis 38 . 8 , The trespass of Onan; Genesis 38 . 11 , Tamar is reserved for Shelah; Genesis 38 . 12 , Judah’s wife dies; Genesis 38 . 13 , Tamar deceives Judah; Genesis 38 . 27 , She bears twins , Pharez and Zarah.

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it came . As there cannot be above 23 years from the selling of Joseph , unto Israel's going down into Egypt; and as it is impossible that Judah should take a wife , and by her have three sons successively , and Shelah , the youngest , marriageable when Judah begat Pharez of Tamar , and Pharez be grown up , married , and have two sons , all within so short a period; Mr. Ainsworth conceives that the time here spoken of is soon after Jacob's coming to Shechem . Genesis 33 . 1. We have accordingly adapted the chronology to correspond with that time.

turned . Genesis 19 . 2 , Genesis 19 . 3 , Judges 4 . 18 , 2 Kings 4 . 8 , Proverbs 9 . 6 , Proverbs 13 . 20

Adullamite . An inhabitant of Adullam , a city of Canaan , afterwards given to Judah , situated in the southern part of that tribe , west of Hebron. Joshua 12 . 15 , Joshua 15 . 35 , 1 Samuel 22 . 1 , 2 Samuel 23 . 13 , Micah 1 . 15

Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 35 . called Genesis 38 . 12 . Timnath Genesis 46 . 12 . Judah Numbers 26 . 19 . Er and Onan 2 Samuel 13 . 3 . a friend

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saw . Genesis 3 . 6 , Genesis 6 . 2 , Genesis 24 . 3 , Genesis 34 . 2 , Judges 14 . 2 , Judges 16 . 1 , 2 Samuel 11 . 2 , 2 Corinthians 6 . 14

Shuah . Genesis 46 . 12 , 1 Chronicles 2 . 3 , Shua

took . Genesis 6 . 4 , Genesis 24 . 3

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Er . Genesis 46 . 12 , Numbers 26 . 19

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Onan . Genesis 46 . 12 , Numbers 26 . 19

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Shelah . Genesis 38 . 11 , Genesis 38 . 26 , Genesis 46 . 12 , Numbers 26 . 20 , 1 Chronicles 4 . 21

Chezib . Chezib is said , by Eusebius and Jerome , to have been situated near Adullam , and to be then uninhabited.

Reciprocal . Joshua 15 . 44 . Achzib Joshua 19 . 29 . Achzib Nehemiah 11 . 5 . Shiloni

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took . Genesis 21 . 21 , Genesis 24 . 3

Tamar . Matthew 1 . 3

Reciprocal . Judges 14 . 2 . get her

Reciprocal . Genesis 19 . 31 . to come Deuteronomy 25 . 5 . husband's brother

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displeased . Heb. was evil in the eyes of , Numbers 11 . 1 , Numbers 22 . 34 , 2 Samuel 11 . 27 , 1 Chronicles 21 . 7 , Proverbs 14 . 32 , Proverbs 24 . 18 , Jeremiah 44 . 4 , Haggai 1 . 13

him also . Genesis 46 . 12 , Numbers 26 . 19

Reciprocal . Genesis 48 . 17 . displeased him Isaiah 59 . 15 . displeased him Romans 5 . 13 . until

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till Shelah . Ruth 1 . 11 , Ruth 1 . 13

in her . Leviticus 22 . 13

Reciprocal . Genesis 38 . 5 . Shelah Genesis 38 . 14 . that Shelah Exodus 21 . 9 . betrothed her unto Numbers 26 . 20 . Shelah Ezekiel 16 . 38 . as women Matthew 1 . 3 . Thamar Matthew 22 . 24 . Moses Luke 20 . 28 . General

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in process of time . Heb. the days were multiplied , comforted. Genesis 24 . 67 , 2 Samuel 13 . 39 , sheep shearers , Genesis 31 . 19 , 1 Samuel 25 . 4-8 , 1 Samuel 25 . 36 , 2 Samuel 13 . 23-29

Timnath . Timnath is , in all probability , that in the border of Judah , between Jerusalem and Diospolis , given to Dan , and mentioned in the history of Samson as belonging to the Philistines. Genesis 38 . 1 , Joshua 15 . 10 , Joshua 15 . 35 , Joshua 15 . 37 , Timnah , Joshua 19 . 43 , Thimnathah , Judges 14 . 1

Reciprocal . Genesis 38 . 14 . Timnath Joshua 15 . 57 . Timnah

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Reciprocal . Genesis 38 . 14 . Timnath Joshua 15 . 10 . Timnah Judges 14 . 1 . Timnath 1 Samuel 25 . 2 . shearing 1 Samuel 25 . 4 . did shear 2 Samuel 13 . 23 . sheepshearers 1 Chronicles 2 . 4 . Tamar

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and sat . Proverbs 7 . 12 , Jeremiah 3 . 2 , Ezekiel 16 . 25

an open place . Heb. the door of eyes , or of Enajim , Some think ainayim means "the two fountains ," or "double fountain;" while others regard it as a proper name , and the same as Enaim , a city of Judah . Joshua 15 . 34. So the LXX render it Enan.

Timnath . Genesis 38 . 12 , Genesis 38 . 13

that Shelah . Genesis 38 . 11 , Genesis 38 . 26

Reciprocal . Genesis 19 . 31 . to come Genesis 29 . 23 . brought her Genesis 38 . 19 . laid by her veil Genesis 38 . 21 . openly by the way side Numbers 26 . 20 . Shelah Judges 15 . 2 . I gave Job 24 . 15 . disguiseth his face Proverbs 7 . 10 . the attire

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Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 23 . brought her Job 24 . 15 . disguiseth his face Proverbs 7 . 10 . the attire 1 Corinthians 6 . 16 . an harlot

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Go to . 2 Samuel 13 . 11

What wilt . Deuteronomy 23 . 18 , Ezekiel 16 . 33 , Matthew 26 . 15 , 1 Timothy 6 . 10

Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 21 . go in Genesis 44 . 7 . General Leviticus 20 . 12 . lie Judges 16 . 1 . and went 2 Samuel 16 . 21 . Go in

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I will . Ezekiel 16 . 33

a kid . Heb. a kid of the goats

Wilt thou . Genesis 38 . 20 , Genesis 38 . 24 , Genesis 38 . 25 , Proverbs 20 . 16 , Luke 16 . 8

Reciprocal . Judges 15 . 1 . a kid

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Thy signet . Chothem , or chothemeth , as in Genesis 38 . 25 , is properly a ring-seal , with which impressions were made to ascertain property , etc. From Jeremiah 22 . 24 , we find that it was worn on the hand; though it might also have been suspended from the neck by a ribband , as the Arabs still wear it. Genesis 38 . 25-26; Jeremiah 22 . 24; Luke 15 . 22

bracelets . Pathil , from pathal , to twist , wreathe , may denote either a wreath for the arm or neck , a twisted collar , or bracelet. In the former sense the LXX render it by ןסליףךןם , and Aquila and Symmachus by ףפסונפןם; and in the latter sense , the Vulgate renders it by armillam. It may have been a collar by which the signet was suspended; though its being used in the plural seems to favour the opinion of its being a bracelet.

gave it her . Genesis 38 . 25 , Genesis 38 . 26 , Hosea 4 . 11

Reciprocal . Leviticus 18 . 15 . General Leviticus 20 . 12 . lie 2 Samuel 11 . 6 . Send me Isaiah 3 . 19 . the bracelets