When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. The mistaken identity is the hinge of the narrative — Judah does not recognize his daughter-in-law behind the veil. The application: the veil that Tamar uses to obtain what is legally hers from the man who has withheld it uses the same strategy of covering and concealment that Jacob used to obtain the blessing. The family's pattern of deception to obtain what is rightfully due continues.

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