27And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
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And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-30)Here is, I. Judah’s rigour against Tamar, when he heard she was an adulteress. She was, in the eye of the law, Shelah’s wife, and therefore her being with child by another was looked upon as an injury and reproach to Judah’s family: Bring her forth therefore , says Judah, the master of the family, and let her be burnt ; not burnt to death, but burnt in the cheek or forehead, stigmatized for a harl…
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