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Reading: Genesis 38:24-30 \\ /As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law.
“I am pregnant by the man who owns these,” she said.
And she added, “See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.”/
Genesis 38:25 (NIV)
!! Intro:
4 women included in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba.
This is remarkable.
We’ll look at each of them during our 4 weeks of Advent.
Each time we’ll see how God makes a way, when there seems to be a dead end.
!! I. Judah’s big Mess
A.
Post–sin Separation
1.
Context: Reuben, Simeon & Levi
a.
Simeon~/Levi killed men of Shechem (ch [[34|Bible:Genesis 34:1-31]])
b.
Reuben ([[35:22|Bible:Genesis 35:22]]), slept with Jacob’s concubine
c.
Leaving Judah as rightful heir of Jacob
2.
Context: Joseph just sold into slavery
a.
Jacob’s dream made them hate him
b.
It was Judah’s idea to sell him as a slave
3.
Judah now voluntarily leaves his family
a.
Out of shame?
He couldn’t look his father in the face?
b.
Common response to hidden family sin
c.
Events of 38 happen while Jos grows into his position in Egypt
B.
Living with the Pagans
1.
He goes to live in Adullum (SW of Jerusalem)
a.
Adullum: a Canaanite city SW of Jerus.
b.
Stays at a man’s house named Hirah ([[1|Bible:Genesis 38:1]])
2.
Tho warned not to take Canaanite wives
a.
Abraham for Isaac in [[24:3|Bible:Genesis 24:3]] \\ /I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,/ (Gen 24:3)
b.
Isaac for Jacob in 28:1 \\ /So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him and commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman./
(Gen 28:1)
3.
Judah “met...married” lit.
“saw...took”
a.
As Eve saw the fruit & took it
b.
As Shechem saw & took Dinah
c.
No parental involvement!
(cf.
v.[[6|Bible:Genesis 38:6]])
C.
Two Bad children
1.
Two evil children: Er & Onan (3rd: Shelah)
a.
Er=alert; spelled backwards=evil ([[7|Bible:Genesis 38:7]])
b.
Onan=manly; but he acts cowardly
c.
Shelah=asked; (tho not answered!)
2.
The Lord kills Er & Onan
a.
Er: we don’t know why.
He was evil ([[7|Bible:Genesis 38:7]])
b.
Onan refuses to fulfill his duty; tho he sleeps with Tamar, so God kills him ([[10|Bible:Genesis 38:10]])
3.
Judah’s life has become a huge mess!
!! II.
Tamar in Distress
A.
An unfulfilled Promise
1.
Tamar has no children by Er or Onan
a.
She is a Gentile (Tamar=date palm)
b.
Raises question of infertility
2.
Judah sends her home to wait
a.
She is technically betrothed to Shelah
3.
Judah has no intention of doing right by her
a.
Tamar : bad luck or a black widow (?)
B.
A Cunning solution
1.
The center of our story: deception & lust
a.
Tamar’s motive: a progenitor for Er (?)
b.
This is /not/ exemplary moral behavior!
2.
The setting is the entrance to Enayim
a.
Means: opening of 2 eyes~/fountains
(1) 2 eyes: Judah sees & doesn’t!
(2) 2 fountains: Jew~/Gentile merge
b.
Tamar tricks the son of the “Trickster”
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