THE DOMINANT HEART-CHARACTER OF THE PERSONALITY OF JUDAH IN ACTION AND ALSO GIVING THE RESULTS OF HIS ACTS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE LORD IN THE LAST DAYS The Lord portraying the sufficient for him; and be thou an HEART-CHARACTER of the help to him from his enemies. GEN. XLIX:8-12-B. C. 1689 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. † 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 arouse him up? 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. 11 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: * 7 And this is the blessing of Judah and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him 12 His eyes shall be red with unto his people: let his hands be wine, and his teeth white with milk. *Deut. 33:7 and +Gen. 49:8-12-"Who shall rouse him up?" or Will (Ruler and Lawgiver). The dominant HEART-CHARACTER of the Personality of Judah in action. Levit. 25:17-Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God. Gen. 17:15-17-15 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? *Deut. 33:7-How can you bring Judah "unto his people" if he has no people? GENESIS XXXVIII:1-30— B. C. 1729 1 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. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till * 5 And she yet again conceived, Shelah my son be grown: for he and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Che-said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tazib, when she bare him. mar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 ¶ And in process of time the 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, daughter of Shuah Judah's wife was wicked in the sight of the died; and Judah was comforted, LORD; and the LORD slew him. and went up unto his sheepshear *Ist Chron. 4:21-23-21 ¶ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea. 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. Where is "The House of Ashbea" whose Father was Judah? ers to Timnath, he and his friend lamite, to receive his pledge from Hirah the Adullamite. the woman's hand: but he found her not. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. 16 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? 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adul 21 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. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, say ing, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 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. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. |