Passage Research
Genesis 38 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Genesis 38, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 38 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוּדָה | Yᵉhûwdâh | H3063 | 15 | Jehudah |
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 8 | brother |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 8 | appellation, honor |
| תָּמָר | Tâmâr | H8559 | 5 | Tamar |
| יָלַד | yâlad | H3205 | 7 | bear young, beget |
| שֵׁלָה | Shêlâh | H7956 | 4 | Shelah |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 8 | give, put |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 38, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter gives us an account of Judah and his family, and such an account it is that one would wonder that, of all Jacob's sons, our Lord should spring out of Judah, Heb. vii. 14. If we were to form a character of him by this story, we should not say, "Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise," ch. xlix. 8. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Genesis 38:1–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Adullam — Gen 38:1
- Timnah 3 — Gen 38:12
- Enaim — Gen 38:14
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