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Genesis 38:6

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6 Und Juda nahm ein Weib für Gher, seinen Erstgeborenen, und ihr Name war Tamar.

Genesis 38:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:6

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn
Chose one for him, and presented her to him for his liking, whom he approving of married: whose name [was] Tamar;
which signifies a "palm tree": the Targum of Jonathan says, she was the daughter of Shem; but it is altogether improbable that a daughter of his should be living at this time, and young enough to bear children: it is much more probable that she was daughter of Levi, Judah's brother, as an Arabic writer F15 asserts; but it is more likely still that she was the daughter of a Canaanite, who was living in the same place, though his name is not mentioned, ( Genesis 38:11 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 16.
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Genesis 38:6 In-Context

4 Und sie wurde abermals schwanger und gebar einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Onan.
5 Und wiederum gebar sie einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Schela; Juda war aber zu Kesib, als sie ihn gebar.
6 Und Juda nahm ein Weib für Gher, seinen Erstgeborenen, und ihr Name war Tamar.
7 Und Gher, der Erstgeborene Judas, war böse in den Augen Jehovas, und Jehova tötete ihn.
8 Da sprach Juda zu Onan: Gehe ein zu dem Weibe deines Bruders, und leiste ihr die Schwagerpflicht und erwecke deinem Bruder Samen.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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