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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

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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

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:20

Verse 20 20.And Judah sent the kid. He sends by the hand of a friend, that he may not reveal his ignominy to a stranger. This is also the reason why he does not dare to complain of the lost pledges, lest he should expose himself to ridicule. For I do not approve the sense given, by some, to the words, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed, as if Judah would excuse himself, as having fulfilled the promise he had given. Another meaning is far more suitable; namely, that Judah would rather... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:1-30

The house of Judah: a family record of sin and shame. I. THE WICKEDNESS OF ER AND ONAN . 1. Early . On any hypothesis Er and Onan can have been little more than boys when they were married, and yet they appear to have arrived at a remarkable precocity in sin. Nor was it simply that they had shed the innocence and purity of youth, but they had also acquired a shameful proficiency in vice. Young scholars are mostly apt learners, especially in the devil's school. 2.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:1-30

The goodness and severity of God. These occurrences in the family of Judah would seem Judah is a wanderer from his brethren; a sensual, self-willed, degenerate man; yet it is in the line of this same wanderer that the promised seed shall appear. The whole is a lesson on the evil of separation from the people of God . Luther asks why such things were placed in Scripture, and answers, read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:12

And in process of time — literally, and the days were multiplied (cf. Genesis 4:3 ), which is rendered by the same words in the A . V .— the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted (or, comforted himself, ceased to mourn), and went up unto his sheep-shearers (vide Genesis 31:19 ) to Timnath ,—a border town between Ekron and Bethshemesh ( Joshua 15:10 ) in the plain of Judah (Kalisch, Wordsworth, W . L . Alexander in Kitto's 'Cyclopedia'); but more... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:12-26

Judah's sin with Tamar. I. COMMITTED . 1. Suddenly . It was occasioned by the sight of a supposed courtesan. Much evil enters by the eye (cf. 2 Samuel 11:2 ). Great need for the prayer of David ( Psalms 119:37 ). 2. Openly . Judah was in the company of Hirah, his friend, when he beheld Tamar sitting in the gate of Enajim, and, without attempting to hide it from his friend, went to seek her society. Shamelessness in sin betokens great depravity. 3. Willfully . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:13

And it was told Tamer, saying, Behold thy father in-law — חָם , a father-in-law, from חָמָה , unused, to join together. Of. γαμβρός for γαμερός, a son-in-law, or generally one connected lay marriage, from γαμέω— goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:14

And she put her widow's garments off from her (to prevent detection by Judah), and covered her with a veil ,—to conceal her features, after the fashion of a courtesan ( Genesis 38:15 ; cf. Job 24:15 )— and wrapped herself, —possibly with some large mantle (Alford)— and sat in an open place,— literally, in the opening ( i.e. gate) of Enaim ( LXX ; Gesenius, Keil, Kalisch, Lange, et alii ) ; less happily, in the opening of the eyes, i.e. in a public and open place... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:15

When (literally, and) Judah saw her, he (literally, and he) thought her to be an harlot ;—literally, thought her ( i.e. took her for) an harlot, like λογίζεσθαι τινα de r& (cf. 1 Samuel 1:13 ; Job 13:24 ), or to זוֹנָה (fem. part. of זָנַה , commit fornication); vide Genesis 34:31 — because she had covered her face —more meretricis . read more

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 38:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:12-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 38:15

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