Genèse 38:1-6

1 Il arriva qu'en ce temps-là Juda descendit d'avec ses frères, et se retira vers un homme d'Adullam, nommé Hira.
2 Et Juda y vit la fille d'un Cananéen, nommé Shua; et il la prit, et vint vers elle.
3 Et elle conçut et enfanta un fils; et il le nomma Er.
4 Et elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, et elle le nomma Onan.
5 Elle enfanta encore un fils, et elle le nomma Shéla. Et Juda était à Kezib, quand elle l'enfanta.
6 Et Juda prit une femme pour Er, son premier-né; elle s'appelait Tamar.

Genèse 38:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 38

This chapter is wholly taken up with matters relating to Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, from whom the Jews have their name, and from whom Christ sprung: it treats of his marriage with a Canaanitess, his children by her, their character and end, Ge 38:1-11; of his incest with his daughter-in-law, though unknown by him, Ge 38:12-23; of his resentment against her, when he heard she was with child, and his confusion when he found it was by himself, Ge 38:24-26; and of the birth of twins by her, named Pharez and Zarah, Ge 38:27-30.

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