Génesis 38:12

12 Unos años después, murió la esposa de Judá. Cumplido el período de luto, Judá y su amigo Hira el adulamita subieron a Timna para supervisar la esquila de sus ovejas.

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 Así que el Señor
consideró una maldad que Onán negara un hijo a su hermano muerto, y el Señor
también le quitó la vida a Onán.

11 Entonces Judá le dijo a Tamar, su nuera: «Vuelve a la casa de tus padres y permanece viuda hasta que mi hijo Sela tenga edad suficiente para casarse contigo». (Pero en realidad, Judá no pensaba hacerlo porque temía que Sela también muriera, igual que sus dos hermanos). Entonces Tamar regresó a vivir a la casa de sus padres.

12 Unos años después, murió la esposa de Judá. Cumplido el período de luto, Judá y su amigo Hira el adulamita subieron a Timna para supervisar la esquila de sus ovejas.

13 Alguien le dijo a Tamar: «Mira, tu suegro sube a Timna para esquilar sus ovejas».

14 Tamar ya sabía que Sela había crecido, pero aún no se había arreglado nada para que ella se casara con él. Así que se quitó la ropa de viuda y se cubrió con un velo para disfrazarse. Luego se sentó junto al camino, a la entrada de la aldea de Enaim, la cual está rumbo a Timna.