“And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.”
As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. I am pregnant by the man who owns these, she said. And she added: see if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are. The presentation of the evidence — see if you recognize — mirrors the presentation of Joseph's coat in Genesis 37:32. The same formula, the same evidence, the same recognition. The application: the word recognize appears three times in close proximity in Genesis 37-38 — the text is connecting the deceptions. Jacob did not recognize the goat blood on the coat; Judah will recognize the seal and staff.
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