Genesis 38:16

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ ǎdûllâm , ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע shûa‛ , Shua‘,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he (e) knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.)...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. What wilt thou give me, etc. Tamar did not wish to make a gain by the prostitution of her person, but to have a certain pledge, in order...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) An...
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 Ju...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Peter describes this lust, in strong expressions, 2 Peter 2:14 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he turned unto her by the way ,.... Which led to her; he turned out of the way in which he was to that where she sat; and very probably it was a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And...
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 t...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘When Judah saw her he thought her to be a prostitute for she had covered her face.' Here the common word for prostitute is used (zonot) but in Ge...
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 belo...
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...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judah Becomes Guilty of Incest
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he turned unto her by the way, turned aside from the road, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee (for he knew not that she was...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Go to. 2 Samuel 13:11 What wilt. Deuteronomy 23:18 Ezekiel 16:33 Matthew 26:15 1 Timothy 6:10

¹⁶ And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

Related Commentaries of Genesis 38:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 38:16