Genesis 38:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. ”

Genesis 38:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ ǎdûllâm , ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע shûa‛ , Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.” 3. ער ‛ êr , ‘Er, “wa...
Genesis 38:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38. Judah and Tamar. The source is J, but not the same stratum as that to which the Joseph story belongs. There is not room for the events either before or after the events of Genesis 37, n...
Genesis 38:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place .
Genesis 38:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Genesis 38:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The History of Judah The sins recorded in this chapter testify eloquently to the great need the world had of the Greatest of the descendants of Judah, who came to teach the virtue of purity and th...
Genesis 38:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The sad and tragic story of Judah's corruption recorded here needs very little comment. It carries its own lessons of the frailty of human nature and of the far-reaching effects of sin. However, pla...
Genesis 38:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 21:9 . As Tamar was by right betrothed to Judah's third son, no doubt it was adultery in her.
Genesis 38:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her ,.... That is, the Adullamite returned to him, and informed him that he could not find the harlot to whom he was sent to deliver the kid and rec...
Genesis 38:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place]. Ver. 22. There was no harlot in this place. ] Few places ca...
Genesis 38:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The story of Joseph is interrupted in this chapter to expose the shamefulness of an important part of Judah's history. We have seen that Judah took the lead in selling Joseph as a slave. In fact, in...
Genesis 38:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it...
Genesis 38:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 38:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, and he did not find her. Then he asked the men of her place, “Where is the...
Genesis 38:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 38:1 . Turned in.] (Heb.) “And he pitched,” i.e., his tent. He came to dwell in the near neighbourhood of a man belonging to the small kingdom of Adullam ( Joshua 12:...
Genesis 38:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 38:1 . At that time. All the events of this chapter could not happen in the twenty-two years from the selling of Joseph, to Israel's going down into Egypt; but according to Eben Ezra, as q...
Genesis 38:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Tamar Lessons 1. Sinful hearts when they suffer from God’s hand are apt to vent it upon creatures. 2. Carnal relations grow quickly weary of showing kindness when their aims are crossed by...
Genesis 38:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 38:1 And it came to pass . The present chapter appears to interrupt the continuity of the narrative of Joseph's history. Partly on this account, and partly because the n...
Genesis 38:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judah Becomes Guilty of Incest
Genesis 38:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 38:22

Genesis 38:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 38:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 38:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 38:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 38:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 38:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 38:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 38:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 38:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 38:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 38:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 38:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 38:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 38:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 38:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge