25 It was while she was being brought out that she sent to her father-in-law , saying , "I am with child by the man to whom these things belong." And she said , " Please examine and see , whose signet ring and cords and staff are these ?" 26 Judah recognized them, and said , " She is more righteous than I, inasmuch e e as I did not give her to my son Shelah ." And he did not have relations with her again e .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 38:25-26
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The profligate conduct of Judah and his family.
This chapter gives an account of Judah and his family, and such an account it is, that it seems a wonder that of all Jacob's sons, our Lord should spring out of Judah, John 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 every appearance of sin. And let that state of humbleness to which Jesus 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.