The Women in
Christ's Genealogy - Tamar
In Matt.
1:3, what woman is mentioned? _________________
Her story is
given in Gen. 38
Who did
Judah go to visit? v. 1 ________________________________________
What kind of
woman did Judah marry? v. 2 _____________________
What was her
name? v. 2 ___________________
What were
her son's names? v. 3-5 _____________________________________
Who chose Er's wife? v. 6 __________________
What was Er's wife's name? v. 6 _______________________
What kind of
man was Er? v. 7
__________________________________________
What did the
Lord do to Er? v. 7 ________________________________________
What did
Judah tell Onan to do? v. 8 _____________________________________
What was the
reason for Onan to marry his brother's wife? v. 8 _______________
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This
practice later becomes part of the law, see Deut. 25:5-10.
What did
Onan know would happen if he had a son? v. 9 ___________________
What did he
do to avoid having a child? v. 9 _______________________________
Why did he
do this? v. 9 _____________________________________________
How did God
view Onan's actions? v. 10 __________________________________
What did the
Lord do to Onan? v. 10 ____________________________________
What did
Judah tell Tamar to do? v. 11 ___________________________________
Did Judah
intend to let Shelah marry Tamar? v. 11 ____________
Why not? v.
11 _____________________________________________________
Where did
Tamar go to live? v. 11 ______________________________________
Who else
died? v. 12 ________________________________________________
Where did
Judah go after he was comforted? v. 12 ________________________
Who found
out that Judah was in Timnah? v. 13
_________________________
What did
Tamar do? v. 14 ___________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Who was now
grown? v. 14 _______________________
Was Tamar
given to Shelah as a wife? v. 14 ______________
Who did
Judah think Tamar was? v. 15 ____________________________
Why did he
not recognize her? v. 15 ___________________________________
What did
Judah ask Tamar? v. 16 _______________________________________
What was her
response? v. 16 __________________________________________
What was
Judah's answer? v. 17 ________________________________________
What did
Tamar ask for until Judah sent the goat? v. 17 _____________________
What did
Judah ask Tamar? v. 18 ______________________________________
What was her
answer? v. 18 ___________________________________________
Did he agree
to her request? v. 18 ________________________
What was the
result? v. 18 ___________________________________________
What did
Tamar do next? v. 19 _________________________________________
Did Judah's
friend deliver the goat to Tamar and get the pledge back? v. 20 _____
Why not? v.
20 _____________________________________________________
Who did he
ask to try to find the harlot? v. 21 ____________________________
What was the
response of the men of the place? v. 21 ______________________
What did the
Judah's friend tell Judah? v. 22 _____________________________
What was
Judah's response? v. 23 ______________________________________
Why did he
not want to look harder for the woman? v. 23 __________________
How long before
Judah found out Tamar was pregnant? v. 24 _______________
What did he
say should be done to her? v. 24 _____________________________
Who did
Tamar say was the father of her child? v. 25 _______________________
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Did Judah
acknowledge the signet, cord and staff? v. 26 _____________________
What did he
have to say of Tamar now? v. 26 _____________________________
Why? v. 25
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Did he ever
have sexual relations with her again? v. 26 ______________
What was
discovered as she gave birth? v. 27 _____________________________
What did the
midwife put on the first hand that came out? v.28 ______________
Was the baby
with the scarlet thread born first? v. 29 _________________
What was the
first born named? v. 29 __________________________________
What was the
brother with the scarlet thread named? v. 30 __________________
Tamar and
Perez are also mentioned after Boaz arranges to marry Ruth. The witnesses bless
Ruth and Boaz in Ruth 4:12 using Tamar and Perez in a positive way. God truly
can fulfill Rom. 8:28 in our lives and ______ all things together for
________________.
The account
in Gen. 38 is not pleasant. It was wrong for Tamar to pose as harlot. Some say
she had the right motives. Even Judah said she was more righteous than he was.
She wanted a child who might be the Messiah and Judah was not going to give her
his other son. She took things into her own hands. The ends don't justify the
means. Judah may have thought it was Tamar's fault that his sons died, ignoring
that he had wicked sons possibly because he married a Canaanite. It was wrong of Judah to hire a harlot. It was
arrogant of Judah to condemn Tamar to death for sexual immorality when he was
involved in that wrong act himself. Yet God in His grace used these two sinners
in the line of the Messiah. All of the men and women mentioned in Christ's
genealogy were sinners.
Are any of
us without sin? Rom. 3:23 ___________________________________
When did God
demonstrate His love for us? Rom. 5:8 _______________________