Read Genesis 38:1-30 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
38:1-30 {s} Judah departed from his brothers among Canaanites
Strong themes of the parashah
None this week.
Gen 38:1-30 chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Gen 38:1-30 Triennial Vayered Yehudah chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
Judah departed from his brothers among the Canaanites.
I believe Reuben had an idea that Jacob would not be comforted after the loss of Joseph, but this thought never occurred to Judah. I wonder if Reuben upbraided Judah: “It had been my plan to return the boy to our father, but thanks to your bone-headed idea, he is lost forever in Egypt!” I know I would have been tempted to, if I had been in Reuben’s shoes. I believe the realization of just how greatly he had royally screwed up smote Judah’s heart with force, and he did not wait for his father to pass over him as unworthy of the birthright and the blessing of Abraham, as he had passed over Reuben, Simeon, and Levi before him. He removed himself from his father and his brothers, and from the covenant and promises of Abraham, and left to go dwell among the Canaanites.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Vayered Yehudah
Tamar’s death seemed certain, but then she was released from her sentence of death. This is the Messiah sign of resurrection life, and when we find it in Torah, Moses is writing about Messiah.
“For had you believed Moses, you would have believed Me, for he wrote of Me.” Yeshua, Joh 5:46
Tamar was delivered from death when it was discovered she possessed the pledge Judah had given her. We have also been given a pledge by Messiah Yeshua, Judah’s descendant—the Holy Spirit:
In [Him] you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation. In Him also you believed, and you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory. Eph 1:13-14
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 31 (my notes) | Isa 37 (my notes) | Rom 9 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Vayered Yehudah
Gen 38, Bible for Beginners
Gen 37 and 38, And the coat of many colors
Gen 38:1-30, Righteousness and wickedness
Gen 38:1-30, Why the history of Judah and Tamar is the central axis
Gen 38 and 39, Why Joseph’s story is interrupted with Judah’s story
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | GENESIS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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