Tamar

• Birth of Perezc. 1721 BC

Tamar (Person)· Thamar

Spouse

Er· Judah

Children

Perez· Zerah

• Θάμαρ·Tamar
• תָּמָר·Tamar

Includes 6 verses that refer to Tamar without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Genesis 38:6
   Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
2. Genesis 38:11
   Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
3. Genesis 38:13
   When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
4. Genesis 38:14Referred to, not named
   …she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
5. Genesis 38:15Referred to, not named
   When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
6. Genesis 38:16Referred to, not named
   Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
7. Genesis 38:17Referred to, not named
   “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
8. Genesis 38:18Referred to, not named
   “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
9. Genesis 38:19Referred to, not named
   Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.
10. Genesis 38:24
    About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
11. Ruth 4:12
    And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
12. 1 Chronicles 2:4
    Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
13. Matthew 1:3
    Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.