13 When Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is on hisway to Timnah to shear his sheep," 14 she took off herwidow‘s clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguiseherself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.
For she saw that,though Shelah had now
grown up, she had not beengiven to him as his wife. - P118
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prosti-tute, for she had covered her face.
16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, hewent over to her
by the roadside and said, "Come now,
let me sleep with you." "And what will you give me tosleep with you?" she asked. - P118
18 He said, "What pledge should I give you?" "Yourseal and its cord, and the staff in your hand," she an-swered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, andshe became pregnant by him.
19 After she left, she took off her veil and put on herwidow‘s clothes again. - P119
Many years pass, but Judah‘s third son Shelah is not given to Tamar inmarriage as she expected. - P120
So, Tamar takes matters into her own handsby devising a deceptive plan to produce an heir through Judah himself. - P120
Judah further sullies his already questionable character, and Tamarachieves her ends through the worst possible means. - P220
It is such an uglysituation we might even question why it is included in the Bible. Buteven within this horrible mess, God has a plan. - P120
God does not rely onhuman goodness to fulfill His promises and work out His will. - P120
It is Hisgoodness alone that can bring hope into the darkest of circumstances.
- P120
No matter how deep we have fallen into sin, God can redeem us forHis glory. - P120
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