Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 38:2
2. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite—Like Esau [ :-], this son of Jacob, casting off the restraints of religion, married into a Canaanite family; and it is not surprising that the family which sprang from such an unsuitable connection should be infamous for bold and unblushing wickedness. read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 38:2
"And Judah saw there the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her."Without consulting his father, and with total disregard of the Canaanite nature of Shua's daughter, Judah simply took her. That he actually married her appears in Genesis 38:12. God could not have been pleased with this union of the prince of Israel, destined to receive the birthright of Jacob, with one of the women of Canaan. It is stated in the previous verse that Judah "went... read more