Come and study the Holy Scriptures with us as Father Stephen DeYoung teaches verse by verse on the podcast, The Whole Council of God.

Father Stephen holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies.

And it's an Orthodox priest serving at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Okay, so now O'Anon is dead. Onan has suffered the fate he intended for his older brother. So what is Judah supposed to do now? He has that third son, remember?

Third son should go and give Tamar an heir who will be considered the eldest brother's heir.

Then Judas said to Tamar his daughter-in-law,

Remain a widow in your father's house till my son, Shela, is grown,

for he said, lest he also die like his brothers.

So Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

Okay.

So Judah's response is not, I had wicked sons.

Right.

It is, wow, this woman is jinxed.

I need to get her out of here.

I'm not losing a third son to her.

Whatever is up with her.

Right.

So not only does he not do what he's supposed to do,

in terms of giving her a son to there,

he throws her out.

Notice, go and say,

in your father's house

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