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In Genesis chapter 38, Tamar is first described as marrying Judah's eldest son, Er. Because of his wickedness, Er was killed by God. [2] By way of a levirate union, [3] Judah asked his second son, Onan, to provide offspring for Tamar so that the family line might continue. This could have substantial economic repercussions, with any son born ...
Genesis chapter 38 Judah and his wife have three children, Er, Onan, and Shelah. Er marries Tamar, but God kills him because he was wicked in His sight (Gen. 38:7). Tamar becomes Onan's wife in accordance with custom, but he too is killed after he refuses to father children for his older brother's childless widow, and spills his seed instead. [5]
When she later becomes pregnant and Judah accuses her of fornication, she produces the staff and signet and identifies Judah himself as the father. Tamar had twin sons, Zarah and Pharez. PEOPLE: Judah - Hirah the Adullamite - daughter of Shuah - Er - Onan - Shelah - Tamar - יהוה YHWH - Pharez - Zarah. PLACES: Chezib - Timnath. RELATED ...
Onan [a] was a figure detailed in the Book of Genesis chapter 38, [1] ... But I wonder why he the heretic Jovinianus set Judah and Tamar before us for an example, ...
This article discusses close relatives of Judah. Er is also a name listed by the Gospel of Luke's version of the genealogy of Jesus. In the biblical Book of Genesis, Er (Hebrew: עֵר, Modern: Er, Tiberian: ʻĒr "watcher"; [1] Greek: Ἤρ) was the eldest son of Judah and his Canaanite wife, the daughter of Shuah. He is described as marrying ...
According to the Book of Genesis, Zerah was the son of Tamar and Judah, and was the twin of Perez (Genesis 38:30). This same Zerah is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:3. Zerah is also listed as the ancestor of Achan, who was stoned to death as recounted in the Book of Joshua . Achan is the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri ...
A detailed account of a levirate-type marriage in the Hebrew Bible is the unusual union of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar found in Genesis 38:8. The case is not strictly a case of yibbum as Judah was Tamar's father-in-law, and also the case pre-dates the biblical obligation. It may be a reflection of contemporaneous Middle East practices.
In Genesis 38:13, a place called Timnah (Timnath) is mentioned in the context of the story of the Hebrew patriarch Judah and Tamar.Some think that Judah may have gone to this Timnah (Tibna) to shear his sheep, when he met his daughter-in-law in passing, [3] while others suggest that this would have happened in the Timnath now known in Arabic as Khirbet et-Tibbaneh.