Genesis 38:26
“And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it came to pass in the time of her travail,.... When her time to bring forth was come, and her pains were on her,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 38:1-30
- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ǎdûllâm, ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
She hath been more righteous than I - It is probable that Tamar was influenced by no other motive than that which was…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 38:24-30
Here is, I. Judah's rigour against Tamar, when he heard she was an adulteress. She was, in the eye of the law, Shelah's…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
more righteous Judah acknowledges that Tamar had a claim upon the observance of marriage customs, and that he had done…
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