Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 9. Onan knew that the seed should not be his] That is, that the child begotten of his brother's widow should be reckoned as the child of his deceased brother, and his name, though the real father of it, should not appear in the genealogical tables.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- The profligate conduct of Judah and his family.
--This chapter gives an account of Judah and his family, and such a account it is, that it seems a wonder that of all Jacob's sons, ou Lord should spring out of Judah, Heb 7:14. But God will show that his choice is of grace and not of merit, and that Christ came into the world to save sinners, even the chief. Also, that the worthiness of Christ is of himself, and not from his ancestors. How little reason ha the Jews, who were so called from this Judah, to boast as they did, Jo 8:41. What awful examples the Lord proclaims in his punishments, of his utter displeasure at sin! Let us seek grace from God to avoid ever appearance of sin. And let that state of humbleness to which Jesu submitted, when he came to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, in appointing such characters as those here recorded, to be his ancestors endear the Redeemer to our hearts _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew וידע3045 אונן209 כי3588 לא3808 לו יהיה1961 הזרע2233 והיה1961 אם518 בא935 אל413 אשׁת802 אחיו251 ושׁחת7843 ארצה776 לבלתי1115 נתן5414 זרע2233 לאחיו׃251
