Genesis - 38:6



6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 38:6.

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And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.
And Juda took a wife for Her his firstborn, whose name was Thamar.
And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Tamar.
And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name is Tamar;
Et accepit Jehudah uxorem ipsi Her primogenito suo, et nomen ejus Thamar.

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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 (o) 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.
(o) Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 16.

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