Génesis 38:16

16 Entonces se detuvo y le hizo una propuesta indecente:
—Déjame tener sexo contigo —le dijo, sin darse cuenta de que era su propia nuera.
—¿Cuánto me pagarás por tener sexo contigo? —preguntó Tamar.

Génesis 38:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:16

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 at some little distance from the way, and therefore he turned aside to it, his lust towards her being excited at the sight of her; perhaps he left his friend Hirah the Adullamite, and sent him on his way, while he committed the following crime: and said, go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee;
that is, lie with her: for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law;
or otherwise, it is suggested by the historian, he would not have offered such a thing to her; but though this may excuse him from wilful incest, yet not from fornication; for he took her to be an harlot, and however knew she was not his wife, and whom he ought not to have had any concern with in such a manner: and she said, what wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto
me?
perhaps she said this with a very low voice, that he might not know her by it; and she behaved like an harlot by requiring an hire, on condition of which she consented: she knew Judah though he did not know her, and therefore cannot be excused from wilful incest: some indeed extenuate her crime, by supposing that she, though a Canaanite, was become a proselyte to the true religion by marrying into Judah's family, and had knowledge of the Messiah being to be born of Jacob's line; and therefore was desirous of being the mother or ancestor at least of that great Person, and so took this method; that since she could not have the son for her husband, was desirous of enjoying the father, not for the gratification of her lust, but in hopes of the promised seed; and accordingly she has a place in the genealogy of the Messiah, ( Matthew 1:3 ) .

Génesis 38:16 In-Context

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.

15 Judá la vio y creyó que era una prostituta, porque ella tenía el rostro cubierto.

16 Entonces se detuvo y le hizo una propuesta indecente:
—Déjame tener sexo contigo —le dijo, sin darse cuenta de que era su propia nuera.
—¿Cuánto me pagarás por tener sexo contigo? —preguntó Tamar.

17 —Te enviaré un cabrito de mi rebaño —prometió Judá.
—¿Pero qué me darás como garantía de que enviarás el cabrito? —preguntó ella.

18 —¿Qué clase de garantía quieres? —respondió él.
Ella contestó:
—Déjame tu sello de identidad junto con su cordón, y el bastón que llevas.
Entonces Judá se los entregó. Después tuvo relaciones sexuales con ella, y Tamar quedó embarazada.