Genesis 38

Genesis 38

So now Judah heads out on his own, has a few kids with a Canaanite woman and starts a family. He marries off his first born, Er, to Tamar, but God kills him before he has children of his own. Judah makes his 2nd son, Onan, sleep with her, but he doesn’t want her kids, so God kills him too. The 3rd son isn’t old enough, so Tamar is told to wait at her father’s house.

Judah’s wife dies. When he goes to check on his sheep. Tamar then decides that since she hasn’t been given to the 3rd son, she’s going to screw Judah and disguises herself as a prostitute. Judah doesn’t recognize her, decides that a romp with a whore is fine and gives her a bunch of his stuff as collateral for sex.  She wants a goat, but he says he’ll send it to her later for his stuff back. They do the deed.

After which Judah can’t find her to give her the goat and get his stuff. No one knows about the temple prostitute. He’s fine with her keeping his stuff, since he got his.

3 month later everyone thinks Tamar should be killed since she is pregnant without a husband. Judah agrees, but Tamar defend herself saying she was impregnated by the guy who gave her… Judah’s stuff! He declares her righteous, because he never gave her his 3rd son.

Eventually she has twins, Perez and Zerah.

Just more stories of shitty people being shitty.

 

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