Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 38:24-30
24Aboutוַיְהִ֣י׀vay.HiH1961threeכְּמִשְׁלֹ֣שׁke.mish.LoshH7969months laterחֳדָשִׁ֗יםcho.da.ShimH2320,Judahלִֽיהוּדָ֤הli.hu.DahH3063was toldוַיֻּגַּ֨דvai.yu.GadH5046לֵֽאמֹר֙le.MorH559, “Your daughter-in-lawכַּלָּתֶ֔ךָka.la.Te.khaH3618Tamarתָּמָ֣רta.MarH8559has prostituted herselfזָֽנְתָה֙za.ne.TahH2181,andוְגַ֛םve.GamH1571nowהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009she is pregnantהָרָ֖ה לִזְנוּנִ֑יםha.Rah liz.nu.NimH2030H2183.” “Bring her outהוֹצִיא֖וּהָho.tzi.'U.haH3318!”Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063repliedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559. “Let her be burned to deathוְתִשָּׂרֵֽף׃ve.ti.sa.RefH8313!”
25As sheהִ֣ואhi'H1931was being brought outמוּצֵ֗אתmu.TzetH3318, Tamarוְהִ֨יאve.Hi'H1931sentשָׁלְחָ֤הshal.ChahH7971a messageלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559לְאִישׁ֙le.'IshH376to herאֶל־'el-H413father-in-lawחָמִ֙יהָ֙cha.Mi.haH2524: “I amאָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiH595pregnantהָרָ֑הha.RahH2030by the man to whomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834these itemsאֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehH428belong.”And she addedוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559, “Pleaseנָ֔אNa'H4994examine themהַכֶּר־ha.ker-H5234.Whoseלְמִ֞יle.MiH4310sealהַחֹתֶ֧מֶתha.cho.Te.metH2858and cordוְהַפְּתִילִ֛יםve.ha.pe.ti.LimH6616and staffוְהַמַּטֶּ֖הve.ham.ma.TehH4294are theseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ha.'E.lehH428?”
26Judahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063recognizedוַיַּכֵּ֣רvai.ya.KerH5234the itemsand saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, “She is more righteousצָֽדְקָ֣הtza.de.KahH6663than Iמִמֶּ֔נִּיmi.Me.niH4480,sinceכִּֽי־ עַל־ כֵּ֥ןki- 'al- kenH3588H5921H3651I did notלֹא־lo'-H3808give herנְתַתִּ֖יהָne.ta.Ti.haH5414to my sonבְנִ֑יve.NiH1121Shelahלְשֵׁלָ֣הle.she.LahH7956.”And he did notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808have relations with herלְדַעְתָּֽה׃le.da'.TahH3045againיָסַ֥ף ע֖וֹדya.Saf odH3254H5750.
28Andוַיְהִ֥יvay.HiH1961as she was giving birthבְלִדְתָּ֖הּve.lid.TahH3205,one of them put outוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414his handיָ֑דYadH3027;so the midwifeהַמְיַלֶּ֗דֶתham.ya.Le.detH3205tookוַתִּקַּ֣חva.ti.KachH3947a scarlet threadשָׁנִי֙sha.NiH8144and tiedוַתִּקְשֹׁ֨רva.tik.ShorH7194itaroundעַל־'al-H5921his wristיָד֤וֹya.DoH3027. “Thisזֶ֖הzehH2088one came outיָצָ֥אya.Tza'H3318firstרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ri.sho.NahH7223,”she announcedלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559.
29וַיְהִ֣י׀vay.HiH1961But when he pulled his handיָד֗וֹ וְהִנֵּה֙ya.Do ve.hi.NehH3027H2009backכְּמֵשִׁ֣יבke.me.ShivH7725and his brotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251came outיָצָ֣אya.Tza'H3318,she saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶר מַה־va.To.mer mah-H559H4100, “You have broken out firstפָּרַ֖צְתָּ עָלֶ֣יךָ פָּ֑רֶץpa.Ratz.ta 'a.Lei.kha Pa.retzH6555H5921H6556!”So he was namedוַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹvai.yik.Ra' she.MoH7121H8034Perezפָּֽרֶץ׃Pa.retzH6557.
Commentaries on Genesis 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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