創世記 38:18 JC

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 38:12-23

Judah Becomes Guilty of Incest v. 12. And in process of time, after many days had elapsed, after some years, the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, died; and Judah was comforted, after the usual period of mourning, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnath, not the town in the Philistine plain, but that in the mountains of Judah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite. The occasion of the shearing of the sheep was always a great festival for the shepherds, and Judah, after the days of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 38:1-30

SECOND SECTIONJudah’s temporary separation (probably in sadness on account of the deed). His sons. Thamar. Genesis 38:1-301And 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 [noble, free]. 2And Judah saw there the daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah [cry for help]; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er [עֶר, watcher]. 4And she... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 38:1-30

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, placing it at this point in the history is suggestive and important. Following this revelation, we are observing the first movements of God in the process of regeneration amid the degeneration of the race. So far, we have been occupied almost exclusively with individuals. Gradually the larger outlook... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:17-18

‘And he said, “I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock.” And she said, “Will you give me a pledge until you send it?” And he said, “What pledge shall I give you?” And she said, “Your signet, and your cord, and your staff which is in your hand.” And he gave them to her and came in to her and she conceived by him.’ Judah now offers the payment of a kid (compare Judges 15:1). But clearly with no certainty that he will fulfil his promise a prostitute would want some guarantee. And Tamar... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:1-30

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 does the Joseph narrative suggest that Judah left his brothers and lived the independent life here described. The chronology is quite inconsistent with the view that Genesis is a unity. Judah was roughly about twenty when Joseph, at the age at least of seventeen ( Genesis 37:2), went into Egypt.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 38:18

Thy bracelets, or handkerchief, or girdle, or any other ornament made of twisted thread, which the Hebrew word signifies. God so ordering things by his providence, that his sin might be discovered. And this and other such horrid crimes committed sometimes by the patriarchs, and other eminent persons, it hath pleased God for divers wise and holy reasons to leave upon record, partly, to discover how great and deep the corruption of man’s nature is, and that even in the best; partly, to oblige all... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 38:1-30

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; Joshua 15:25.) Genesis 38:2. Whose name was Shuah.] This is not the name of Judah’s wife, but of her father. Genesis 38:8. Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.] This was according to the custom of the Levirate marriage, which was afterwards legalised by Moses. So... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:1-30

Chapter 38For the correlating audio message go to Chapter 37Now 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 saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her ( Genesis 38:1-2 ). Now customarily, if you wanted to get a wife, you'd have your father go ahead and arrange a dowry. You have a big ceremony and everything else. Judah didn't bother to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 38:1-30

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 quoted by critics, Judah must have married a Canaanite before the sale of his brother. At the age of fourteen he left his father, and married this strange woman, by whom he had Er, Onan, and Shelah in three years. Judah’s morals were therefore corrupted at an early age, and this accounts for the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 38:11-30

Genesis 38:11-30TamarLessons1.Sinful hearts when they suffer from God’s hand are apt to vent it upon creatures. 2. Carnal relations grow quickly weary of showing kindness when their aims are crossed by God. 3. Hard fathers-in-law, for their own ends, spare not to lay the hardest terms upon allies. 4. Such oppressors deal subtilly, though cruelly; they pretend fair at least. 5. Wicked hearts are apt to be jealous, and transfer faults and ill successes to others that are innocent. 6. Sinful... read more

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 38:12-23

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 38:1-30

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 38:1-30

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:17-18

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:1-30

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 38:18

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 38:1-30

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 38:1-30

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 38:1-30

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 38:11-30

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