Kejadian 38:26

38:26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more upright ¹  than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He did not have sexual relations with her ²  again.

Kejadian 38:1

Judah and Tamar

38:1 At that time Judah left ³  his brothers and stayed ⁴  with an Adullamite man ⁵  named Hirah.

1 Samuel 24:17

24:17 He said to David, “You are more innocent ⁶  than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

1 Samuel 24:1

David Spares Saul’s Life

24:1 (24:2) When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, they told him, “Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi.”

Kisah Para Rasul 2:32

2:32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. ⁷ 

[38:26]  ¹ tn Traditionally “more righteous”; cf. NCV, NRSV, NLT “more in the right.”

[38:26]  sn She is more upright than I. Judah had been irresponsible and unfaithful to his duty to see that the family line continued through the levirate marriage of his son Shelah. Tamar fought for her right to be the mother of Judah’s line. When she was not given Shelah and Judah’s wife died, she took action on her own to ensure that the line did not die out. Though deceptive, it was a desperate and courageous act. For Tamar it was within her rights; she did nothing that the law did not entitle her to do. But for Judah it was wrong because he thought he was going to a prostitute. See also Susan Niditch, “The Wronged Woman Righted: An Analysis of Genesis 38,” HTR 72 (1979): 143-48.

[38:26]  ² tn Heb “and he did not add again to know her.” Here “know” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

[38:1]  ³ tn Heb “went down from.”

[38:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he turned aside unto.”

[38:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man, an Adullamite.”

[24:17]  ⁶ tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”

[2:32]  ⁷ tn Or “of him”; Grk “of which [or whom] we are all witnesses” (Acts 1:8).