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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 38:6

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, etc.] Chose one for him, and presented her to him for his liking, whom he approving of married: whose name [was] Tamar; which signifies a “palm tree”: the Targum of Jonathan says, she was the daughter of Shem; but it is altogether improbable that a daughter of his should be living at this time, and young enough to bear children: it is much more probable that she was daughter of Levi, Judah’s brother, as an Arabic writer f1667 asserts; but it is more likely still that she was the daughter of a Canaanite, who was living in the same place, though his name is not mentioned, (<013811>Genesis 38:11).
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