And Judah said, let her take [it] to her,....
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Genesis 38:23
Genesis 38:23
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Genesis 38 — OverviewGenesis 38 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter gives us an account of Judah and his family, and such an
account it is that one would wonder that, of all Jacob's sons, our Lord
should spring out of Judah, Heb. vii. 14. If we were to form a…Genesis 38 — OverviewGenesis 38 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 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 — OverviewGenesis 38 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter is wholly taken up with matters relating to Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, from whom the Jews have their name, and from whom Christ sprung: it treats of his marriage with a Canaanitess, his children by…Genesis 38:12-23Genesis 38:12-23 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt 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…Genesis 38:23Genesis 38:23 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgelest we: 2 Samuel 12:9; Proverbs 6:33; Romans 6:21; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Ephesians 5:12; Revelation 16:15
be shamed: Heb. become a contempt