GEN 38:13 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἀπηγγέλε Θάμαρ τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτοῦ, λέγοντες, ἰδοὺ ὁ πενθερός σου ἀναβαίνει εἰς Θαμνὰ, κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ.
(Kai apaʸngele Thamar taʸ numfaʸ autou, legontes, idou ho pentheros sou anabainei eis Thamna, keirai ta probata autou.)

BrTr And it was told Thamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Thamna, to shear his sheep.

ULT And it was told to Tamar, saying, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

UST Meanwhile someone told Tamar, “Listen, your father-in-law Judah is on his way to the town of Timnah to shear his sheep.”

BSB & MSB When Tamar was told, “Your father -in -law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

OEB Someone told Tamar, saying, ‘Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.’

WEBBE & WMBB Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

NET Tamar was told, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

LSV And it is declared to Tamar, saying, “Behold, your husband’s father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock”;

FBV Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

T4T Someone said to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going to the fields near the city of Timnah to help the men who are shearing his sheep.”

LEB And it was told to Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

BBE And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

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JPS And it was told Tamar, saying: 'Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.'

ASV And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

DRA And it was told Thamar that her father in law was come up to Thamnas to shear his sheep.

YLT And it is declared to Tamar, saying, 'Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'

Drby And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

RV And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father in law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
(And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy/your father in law goeth/goes up to Timnah to shear his sheep.)

SLT And it will be announced to Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law going up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Wbstr And it was told to Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.

KJB-1769 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
(And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy/your father in law goeth/goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep.)

KJB-1611 And it was told Lamar, saying, Behold, thy father in law goeth vp to Timnath to sheare his sheepe.
(And it was told Lamar, saying, Behold, thy/your father in law goeth/goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep.)

Bshps And one tolde Thamar, saying: beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp to Thimnath to sheare his sheepe.
(And one told Thamar, saying: behold, thy/your father in law goeth/goes up to Thimnath to shear his sheep.)

Gnva And it was tolde Tamar, saying, beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp to Timnah, to shere his sheepe.
(And it was told Tamar, saying, behold, thy/your father in law goeth/goes up to Timnah, to shere his sheep.)

Cvdl Then was it tolde Thamar: beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp vnto Thimnath, to clyppe his shepe.
(Then was it told Thamar: behold, thy/your father in law goeth/goes up unto Thimnath, to clip his sheep.)

Wycl And it was teld to Thamar, that `the fadir of hir hosebonde stiede to Thampnas, to schere scheep.
(And it was told to Thamar, that the father of her husband ascended to Thampnas, to shear sheep.)

Luth Da ward der Thamar angesagt: Siehe, dein Schwäher gehet hinauf gen Thimnath, seine Schafe zu scheren.
(So what/which the/of_the Thamar announced: See/Look, your(s) father-in-law goes up to/toward Timnah, his sheep to/for shears(v).)

ClVg Nuntiatumque est Thamar quod socer illius ascenderet in Thamnas ad tondendas oves.[fn]
(And_announced it_is Thamar that father-in-law of_that would_ascend in/into/on Timnah to to_be_cut sheep.)

38.13 Ad tondendas oves. STRAB. Allegorice. Venit Dominus ad oves tondendas, id est peccatis exonerandas, de quibus dicitur: Dentes tui sicut greges tonsarum. Thamar habitum mutat: nam et commutans interpretatur; mutat habitum et nomen, ut sit de Synagoga Ecclesia. Sed nomen amaritudinis manet: non in qua fel Domino ministravit, sed in qua Petrus amare flevit. Nam et Judas Confessio dicitur, Confessioni ergo amaritudo misceatur, ut vera pœnitentia præsignetur. Hæc pœnitentia fecundatur, in omnibus gentibus Ecclesia constituta. Oportebat enim pati Christum, et resurgere, et prædicari in nomine ejus pœnitentiam et remissionem peccatorum per omnes gentes. Habitus quoque meretricis confessio peccatorum est: Thamar quippe Ecclesiam de gentibus vocatam significat; sedens cum hoc habitu ad portam Enaiim, quod interpretatur fons: quia currebat velut cervus ad fontes aquarum, pervenire ad semen Abrahæ. Illo non cognoscente fecundatur, secundum illud Psalmi 17. Populus, quem non cognovi, servivit mihi. Accepit in occulto annulum, monile, et virgam, quia vocatione signatur, justificatione decoratur, glorificatione exaltatur. Quos autem prædestinavit, hos et vocavit; et quos vocavit, hos et justificavit Rom. 8; sed in occulto, ubi conceptio sanctæ ubertatis fit.

38.13 To to_be_cut sheep. STRAB. Allegorically. He_came Master to sheep to_be_cut, that it_is sins to_be_unloaded, from/about to_whom it_is_said: Teeth yours(sg) like flocks of_the_shorn. Thamar habit changes: for/surely and exchanging interprets; changes habit and name, as be from/about Synagogue Assembly/Church. But name bitterness remains: not/no in/into/on which gall Master served, but in/into/on which Peter to_love cried. For/Surely and Yudas Confession it_is_said, Confession therefore bitterness may_be_mixed, as true repentance beforesignetur. These repentance is_fertile, in/into/on to_all nations Assembly/Church established. It_was_necessary because to_suffer Christ/Messiah, and to_rise_again, and to_preach in/into/on by_name his/her repentance and remission of_sins/sinners through everyone people/nations. Habit too prostitute confession of_sins/sinners it_is: Thamar indeed/sure assembly/church from/about nations called means; sitting when/with this dress to the_gate Enaim, that interprets source/spring: because was_running like/as deer to sources/springs of_waters, to_arrive to seed Abraham. That/there not/no knowingly is_fertile, after/second it/this/that Psalms/Songs 17. People, which not/no I_knew, served to_me. He_received in/into/on hide ring, necklace, and rod/staff, because calling is_signed/sealed, justification is_decorated, glorification is_exalted. Quos however predestined, these and he_called; and which he_called, these and justified Rom. 8; but in/into/on hide, where conception holy fruitfulness fit.

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Judah and Tamar

Genesis 38

The story of Yehudah/Judah and Tamar is likely set in the foothills (often called the Shephelah) of Judah around the general area of Adullam. The story opens by noting that Judah went “down” from his brothers, though it does not mention where his brothers were living. The last mention of their location, however, is in Genesis 35:27, where it notes that they were in Mamre in the vicinity of Hebron, appropriately situated at significantly higher elevation than Adullam. After settling in this area, Judah married a Canaanite woman, who bore him three sons. The passage also notes that Judah’s wife was living in Kezib when she bore their third son, so presumably Judah was living there as well. This is likely the same location called Aczib elsewhere in Scripture (Josh 15:44; Micah 1:14). Judah then took a wife, Tamar, for his oldest son, but his son soon died. So Judah instructed his second son to fulfill the common custom of marrying his brother’s widow and raising children in his brother’s name. Though this son married Tamar, he refused to have children by her, so the Lord put him to death. Then Judah instructed Tamar to remain in her father’s house as a widow until his third son was old enough to marry her, but secretly he feared that his third son might die like his brothers if he married her. Sometime after this Judah’s wife died, and Judah made plans to go “up” to Timnah, where his sheep were being sheared. Several other passages of Scripture (Joshua 15:10; Joshua 19:43; Judges 14; 2 Chronicles 28:18) mention a place called Timnah, which was located at Tall Batashi along the Sorek Brook, but it is unlikely that this is the same Timnah mentioned in this story, because Tall Batashi is at a very low elevation, so it could hardly be said that Judah went “up” to that Timnah from Aczib or Adullam. Instead the Timnah of Genesis 38 may have been located at Khirbet et Tabbaneh northeast of Adullam (likely also mentioned in Joshua 15:57) and higher in elevation. If Timnah is indeed located there, Enaim may have been located at Khirbet Beth Ikka, though this identification is less certain (see also Joshua 15:34, which mentions a town called Enam). Returning to the story, the passage notes that, upon hearing of Judah’s plans to go up to Timnah, Tamar disguised herself as a prostitute, went up to Enaim, and seduced Judah on his way to Timnah as part of a plan to bring shame upon him for not providing his third son, who was now an adult, to her as a husband. It is interesting to note that the word Enaim, which means “the place of two springs,” can also mean “the place of two eyes,” and some commentators have speculated that the writer was making a play on words with the name of the village, because it was at Enaim that Judah failed to recognize Tamar, and later he failed to recognize his own hypocrisy in denouncing Tamar for her sexual immorality.

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