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Genesis 38:15 KJV
Genesis · chapter 38 · verse 15
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.Genesis 38:15 · King James Version
Genesis 38:15 in context
13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thoughtchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- coveredkâçâhproperly, to plumpH3680 →
- harlotzânâhto commit adulteryH2181 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-23