Génesis 38:12

12 Pasaron muchos días y murió la hija de Súa, mujer de Judá. Y pasado el duelo, Judá subió a los trasquiladores de sus ovejas en Timnat, él y su amigo Hira adulamita.

Génesis 38:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:12

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife,
died
Shuah was his wife's father, who was a Canaanite, ( Genesis 38:2 ) ; what her name was is not certain, nor the exact time of her death; it was some time after Tamar was sent home to her father's house; and some take the death of Judah's wife to be a correction and reproof to him for his ill usage of his daughter-in-law, in neglecting to give her to his son, or not designing to do it at all: and Judah was comforted:
he mourned awhile for the death of his wife, according to the custom of the country, and of those times, and then he laid aside the tokens of it, and his sorrow wore off, and he appeared in company and conversed with his friends: and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath;
a city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:57 ) , said ^F19 to be six miles from Adullam, where Judah lived; here he had his flocks of sheep, at least this was judged a proper place for the shearing and washing of them, and this time of the year a proper time for it, at which it was usual to have a feast; and Judah went up to his shearers, not only to see how they went on with their work, but with this view to make an entertainment for them, see ( 1 Samuel 25:3 1 Samuel 25:4 1 Samuel 25:36 ) : he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite;
he took him along with him for a companion, and to partake of the entertainment.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Bunting's Travels, p. 78.

Génesis 38:12 In-Context

10 Pero lo que hacía era malo ante los ojos del SEÑOR; y también a él le quitó la vida.

11 Entonces Judá dijo a su nuera Tamar: Quédate viuda en casa de tu padre hasta que crezca mi hijo Sela; pues pensaba: Temo que él muera también como sus hermanos. Así que Tamar se fue y se quedó en casa de su padre.

12 Pasaron muchos días y murió la hija de Súa, mujer de Judá. Y pasado el duelo, Judá subió a los trasquiladores de sus ovejas en Timnat, él y su amigo Hira adulamita.

13 Y se lo hicieron saber a Tamar, diciéndole: He aquí, tu suegro sube a Timnat a trasquilar sus ovejas.

14 Entonces ella se quitó sus ropas de viuda y se cubrió con un velo, se envolvió bien y se sentó a la entrada de Enaim que está en el camino de Timnat; porque veía que Sela había crecido, y ella aún no le había sido dada por mujer.