Genesis 38:26
And Judah knew them, and said, Tamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son: and he knew her not again.
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27And it came to pass when she was in labor, that she also had twins in her womb.
Cross References
Genesis 4:1And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God.
Genesis 38:14And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Enaim, which is in the way to Timnah, for she saw that Shelah was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.
1 Samuel 24:18And Saul said to David, Thou art more righteous than I, for thou hast recompensed me good, but I have recompensed thee evil.
2 Samuel 20:3And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.
Job 4:5Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled. 1
Job 34:32I will see apart from myself: 1 Do thou show me if I have done unrighteousness; 1 I will not do so anymore. 1
Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:25-30
Birth of Phares and Zarah. ( b. c. 1714.) 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and… Read the whole commentary →