Genesis 38:24 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 38:24

About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

KJV

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Bring her forth, and let her be burnt - As he had ordered Tamar to live as a widow in her own father’s house till his son Shelah should be marriageable, he considers her therefore as the wife of his son; and as Shelah was not yet given to her, and she is found with child, she is reputed by him as an adulteress, and burning, it seems, was anciently the punishment of this crime.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, it is a common thing for men to be severe against those very sins in others in which yet they allow themselves; and so, in judging others, they condemn themselves, Rom. ii. If he designed that she should be burnt to death, perhaps, under pretence of zeal against the sin, he was contriving how to get rid of his daughter-in-law, being loath to marry Shelah to her.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֣י׀	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כְּמִשְׁלֹ֣שׁ	ke.mish.Losh	when from three	H7969 →
חֳדָשִׁ֗ים	cho.da.Shim	months	H2320 →
וַיֻּגַּ֨ד	vai.yu.Gad	and it was told	H5046 →
לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה	li.hu.Dah	to Judah	H3063 →
לֵֽאמֹר֙	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
זָֽנְתָה֙	za.ne.Tah	she has acted as a prostitute	H2181 →
תָּמָ֣ר	ta.Mar	Tamar	H8559 →
כַּלָּתֶ֔ךָ	ka.la.Te.kha	daughter-in-law your	H3618 →
וְגַ֛ם	ve.Gam	and also	H1571 →
הִנֵּ֥ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
הָרָ֖ה	ha.Rah	[she is] pregnant	H2030 →
לִזְנוּנִ֑ים	liz.nu.Nim	to prostitution<s>	H2183 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
הוֹצִיא֖וּהָ	ho.tzi.'U.ha	bring out her	H3318 →
וְתִשָּׂרֵֽף׃	ve.ti.sa.Ref	so she may be burned	H8313 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 19:2
But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:28
  Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Hosea 2:5
For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
leads to
- Jeremiah 44:17–18
  Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials…
- Hosea 2:8
  For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
- Hosea 3:1
  Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn…
- Isaiah 1:21
  See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
Through
Ezekiel 23:5
Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
leads to
- 2 Kings 15:19
  Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 17:3
  Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
- 2 Kings 16:7
  So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are…