Soak Bible
Navigate

21Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

Genesis 38:21

Linguistic Insight

of 10

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

No cross-references found for this verse.

Topics

Commentary

Matthew Henry

(vv. 12-23)

It is a very ill-favoured story that is here told concerning Judah; one would not have expected such folly in Israel. Judah had buried his wife; and widowers have need to stand upon their guard with the utmost caution and resolution against all fleshly lusts. He was unjust to his daughter-in-law, either through negligence or design, in not giving her his surviving son, and this exposed her to temp...

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.