창세기 38:15-19 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 38:12-23

It is a very ill-favoured story that is here told concerning Judah; one would not have expected such folly in Israel. Judah had buried his wife; and widowers have need to stand upon their guard with the utmost caution and resolution against all fleshly lusts. He was unjust to his daughter-in-law, either through negligence or design, in not giving her his surviving son, and this exposed her to temptation. I. Tamar wickedly prostituted herself as a harlot to Judah, that, if the son might not,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:15

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 a reason why he took her to be an harlot; the reason of this was, because she sat in the public road; but having covered her face he could not discern who she was, and therefore, from the other circumstance, concluded that she was an harlot, and sat there to prostitute herself to any that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:16

And he turned unto her by the way ,.... Which led to her; he turned out of the way in which he was to that where she sat; and very probably it was at some little distance from the way, and therefore he turned aside to it, his lust towards her being excited at the sight of her; perhaps he left his friend Hirah the Adullamite, and sent him on his way, while he committed the following crime: and said, go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee ; that is, lie with her: for he knew not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:17

And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock ,.... Either from Timnath, where his flock was shearing, or rather from Adullam, where he lived; since it is probable he was now returning from Timnath, where he had been feasting and making merry with his shearers, and so in a disposition to commit such an action: and she said, wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it ? she made no objection to the hire or present, only required a pawn, or security for it till she had it; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:18

And he said, what pledge shall I give thee ?.... Being willing to part with anything for the gratification of his lust: and she said, thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand ; she asks all these, that if one should be lost, or fail of being sufficient proof, the other might: the first of these the Septuagint version renders, "thy ring"; the ring upon his finger, which had a seal on it, and was the signet of his right hand; so Onkelos and Ben Melech: the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:19

And she arose and went away ,.... To her father's house immediately, as soon as ever she had parted with Judah; and lest she should be found by the person that would be sent with the kid, and be discovered, she made all the haste she could: and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood ; that it might not be known or suspected that she had been abroad. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:15

Thought her to be a harlot - See the original of this term, Genesis 34:31 ; (note). The Hebrew is זונה zonah , and signifies generally a person who prostitutes herself to the public for hire, or one who lives by the public; and hence very likely applied to a publican, a tavern-keeper, or hostess, Joshua 2:1 ; translated by the Septuagint, and in the New Testament, πορνη , from περναω , to sell, which certainly may as well apply to her goods as to her person. It appears that in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:17

Wilt thou give me a pledge till thou send it? - The word ערבון erabon signifies an earnest of something promised, a part of the price agreed for between a buyer and seller, by giving and receiving of which the bargain was ratified; or a deposit, which was to be restored when the thing promised should be given. St. Paul uses the same word in Greek letters, αρῥαβων , 2 Corinthians 1:22 ; Ephesians 1:14 . From the use of the term in this history we may at once see what the apostle... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:15

Verse 15 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 restrained the fervor of intemperance. He sees the woman at a distance, and it is not possible that he should have been captivated by her beauty. (142) The lust kindles him as a stallion neighs when it smells a mare. Hence we gather, that the fear of God, or a regard to justice and prosperity,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:16

Verse 16 16.What wilt thou give me, etc. Tamar did not wish to make a gain by the prostitution of her person, but to have a certain pledge, in order that she might boast of the revenge taken for the injury she had received: and indeed there is no doubt that God blinded Judah, as he deserved; for how did it happen that he did not know the voice of his daughter-in-law, with which he had been long familiar? Besides, if a pledge must be given for the promised kid, what folly to deliver up his ring... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 38:12-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:16

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