Genesis 38:6

6 dedit autem Iudas uxorem primogenito suo Her nomine Thamar

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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 16.

Genesis 38:6 In-Context

4 rursum concepto fetu natum filium nominavit Onam

5 tertium quoque peperit quem appellavit Sela quo nato parere ultra cessavit

6 dedit autem Iudas uxorem primogenito suo Her nomine Thamar

7 fuitque Her primogenitus Iudae nequam in conspectu Domini et ab eo occisus est

8 dixit ergo Iudas ad Onam filium suum ingredere ad uxorem fratris tui et sociare illi ut suscites semen fratri tuo