Gen 38:13-30, Rut 4:12, Mat 1:3 | TSK

Genesis 38:13-30

and sat.

an open place. Heb. the door of eyes, or of Enajim}Some think {ainayim} means "the two fountains," or "double fountain;" while others regard it as a proper name, and the same as Enaim, a city of Judah, (Jos 15:34.) So the LXX. render it Enan.

Timnath.

12,13

that Shelah.

11,26

Go to.

2Sa 13:11

What wilt.

De 23:18; Eze 16:33; Mt 26:15; 1Ti 6:10

I will.

Eze 16:33

a kid. Heb. a kid of the goats. Wilt thou.

20,24,25; Pr 20:16; Lu 16:8

Thy signet.{Chothem,} or {chothemeth,} as in ver. 25, is properly a ring-seal, with which impressions were made to ascertain property, etc. From Jer 22:24, we find that it was worn on the hand; though it might also have been suspended from the neck by a ribband, as the Arabs still wear it.

25,26; Jer 22:24; Lu 15:22

bracelets.{Pathil,} from {pathal,} to twist, wreathe, may denote either a wreath for the arm or neck, a twisted collar, or bracelet. In the former sense the LXX. render it by [ormiskon,] and Aquila and Symmachus by [strepton;] and in the latter sense, the Vulgate renders it by {armillam.} It may have been a collar by which the signet was suspended; though its being used in the plural seems to favour the opinion of its being a bracelet.

gave it her.

25,26; Ho 4:11

laid by her vail.

14; 2Sa 14:2,5

his friend.

20:9; Le 19:17; Jud 14:20; 2Sa 13:3; Lu 23:12

openly by the way side. or, in Enajim.

lest we.

2Sa 12:9; Pr 6:33; Ro 6:21; 2Co 4:2; Eph 5:12; Re 16:15

be shamed. Heb. become a contempt.

played the harlot.

34:31; Jud 19:2; Ec 7:26; Jer 2:20; 3:1,6,8; Eze 16:15,28,41