God loves us. Since the word "palm-like" does not necessarily mean to look like a palm, but merely to imitate some kind of signature quality of the palm, it's debated what a palm-like item might actually be. One the daughter of King David, and the other bore a son in the genealogical line of Jesus. Unfortunately, Er died shortly after their marriage. That’s when Tamar brought forth Judah’s staff, seal, and cord, which he had given to her on the night of their encounter, to prove that he in fact was the father. (Genesis 38:13-19) When Judah heard of Tamar’s pregnancy as a result of prostitution, he ordered her to be put to death. “Jesus takes away the old reputation,” writes Jon Bloom, writer for desiringGod.com, “In Jesus, your past sin or the abuse and injustice you’ve suffered, and the ways you’ve viewed yourself and others have viewed you because of it, is not who you are.”. Westenholtz says that Genesis 38 perpetuates this understanding by having Hirah the Adullahmite, Judah's friend, ask for the "cultic priestess" rather than just "the prostitute" when he tries to deliver the young goat Judah promised in payment. (Genesis 15:16) There, Judah met his wife and began having children. Genesis 38:1-30 ESV - It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. Consumed by hatred, Absalom plotted against Amnon and eventually had him killed two years later. Joel Ryan is an LA-based children’s and young adult author who teaches writing and communications at Life Pacific University. “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here,” they said. (C) 2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. The infamous Joseph, with the many-colored coat, who went on to gain favor with the king and eventually rescue his brothers and father from famine (Genesis 39:2; 45:4-7). He never loves us less, no matter how much of a twisted genealogical line we’ve woven, addictive past we claim, or record littered with crimes we carry. It reveals the redemptive and compassionate heart of God holding. Absalom was eventually killed by Joab, David’s general (2 Samuel 18), to the grief of his father. And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. This type of marriage apparently was a longtime tribal practice before it was codified into law. Salem Media Group. A town in the wilderness, probably of Judah (the text says: "in the land"), built by, A town probably somewhere south-east of the. One Tamar, the beautiful daughter of Absalom, is only mentioned in passing in 2 Samuel 14:27; this Tamar became the mother of Queen Maacah, who married King Rehoboam. But that probably reminded the original audience far less of the familiar Arecaceae, and much more of a freely moving exchange of goods, services and ideas. She was not only a Gentile but a woman. In this story, Amnon, Tamar’s half-brother, was consumed by lust for his sister. Genesis 38 intersects the Joseph narrative with an absolutely bizarre story regarding one of Joseph’s brothers, Judah, and his relationship with his daughter-in-law Tamar. Onan avoided impregnating Tamar during intercourse otherwise known … Shuah’s daughter bears Judah three half Canaanite sons: Er; 26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I,(AU) since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah. And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? (Similar to Ruth, also widowed and appearing in the genealogical line of Jesus. Who was Tamar in the Bible? All rights reserved. This understanding has been perpetuated by several translations of Christian Bibles that referred to Tamar as a "temple prostitute.". When Judah demanded to know who had fathered her child, Tamar produced Judah's signet, belt, and staff, announcing: "It was the owner of these who made me pregnant. Perez, one of the twin sons of Tamar and Judah, is in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. The second was the sister of Absalom and daughter of King David who was raped by her half-brother Amnon.