Genesis 38:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father`s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father`s house.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

1. עדלם ‛ ǎdûllâm, Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh, Chirah, “nobility?”
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Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

For he said, lest he also die.—It is evident from this that Judah, for reasons which, in Genesis 38:26, he acknowledged t…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Then said Judah to Tamar. Moses suggests that Tamar was not free to marry into another family as long as Judah wanted to keep her under hi…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law
After the death of his two sons, who had successively married her:

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

This chapter gives an account of Judah and his family, and it is such an account that it seems a wonder that of all Jacob's sons, our Lord would sp…

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