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

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And Judah sent the kid. He sends by the hand of a friend, so that he might not reveal his disgrace to a stranger. This is also the reason …

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the
Adullamite
Who went with him to …

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…