Tag: Judah
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The Land Bought by Blood – Genesis 49:11-12
Genesis 49:11-12 “Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.” Now the picture widens again. The Deliverer is no longer seen only…
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Shiloh Has Come – Genesis 49:10
Genesis 49:10 “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” Now Jacob speaks of Judah not merely as a lion, but as a ruler. The sceptre is in view. The lawgiver is in view. Authority is…
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The Lion No One Can Rise Against – Genesis 49:9
Genesis 49:9 “Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?” Jacob now moves from praise and victory to a picture of settled strength. Judah is compared to a lion. Not a…
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The Deliverer They Could Not Defeat – Genesis 49:8
Genesis 49:8 “Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.” After Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, this verse feels like the clouds begin to break. Up to this point, there has been disappointment, failure, and scattering. But…
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The Man Who Stayed Behind – Genesis 44:32-34
Genesis 44:32-34 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go…
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Bound Up Together – Genesis 44:24-31
Genesis 44:24-31 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down:…
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Standing With the Guilty – Genesis 44:13-23
Genesis 44:13-16 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye…
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The Surety Steps Forward – Genesis 43:7-10
Genesis 43:7-9 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? And Judah said unto Israel…
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When Hunger Forces the Issue – Genesis 43:1-6
Genesis 43:1-6 And the famine was sore in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying,…
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The Scarlet Thread and Amazing Grace – Genesis 38:27–30
Genesis 38:27–30 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. And it came…
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More Righteous Than I – Genesis 38:26
Genesis 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. At last, Judah says the right thing. “She hath been more righteous than I.” That is a remarkable confession. Not because Tamar was…
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Burned by His Own Sin – Genesis 38:21-25
Genesis 38:21-25 Then 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.And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot…
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It Costs More Than You Think – Genesis 38:16-20
Genesis 38:16-20 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will send…
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Taking Matters Into Her Own Hands – Genesis 38:13-15
Genesis 38:13-15 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that…
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Looking for Comfort in the Wrong Place – Genesis 38:12
Genesis 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. Judah’s wife dies, and the text says he was comforted, or more literally, that he was desiring to be comforted. His grief…
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Waiting Under Suspicion – Genesis 38:11
Genesis 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did… And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. Now Judah is afraid. You can see his thinking. “My…
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Refusing the Responsibility – Genesis 38:8-10
Genesis 38:8-10 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he…
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When the Lord Deals Decisively – Genesis 38:7
Genesis 38:7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him. That is a hard verse for people. They read it and say, “How brutal of God to slay a man for being wicked.” But that reaction usually comes from not thinking deeply enough about what wickedness…
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Choosing for the Next Generation – Genesis 38:4-6
Genesis 38:4-6 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. Now Judah’s family…
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When Judah Went Down – Genesis 38:1-3
Genesis 38:1-3 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. And she conceived, and bare…
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The Empty Pit and the Gentile Hands – Genesis 37:24-27
Genesis 37:24-27 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh,…
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From Chasing Love to Praising the Lord – Genesis 29:32-35
Genesis 29:32-35 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore…
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A Priest from Another Tribe — Hebrews 7:13–17
Hebrews 7:13–17 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there…