How little reason had the Jews, who were so called from this Judah, to boast, as they did, that they were not born of fornication? John viii, 41. We have in this chapter,

I. Judah's marriage and issue, and the untimely death of his two eldest sons, ver. 1-11.

II. Judah's incest with his daughter-in-law Tamar, ver. 12-23.

III. His confusion when it was discovered, ver. 24-26.

IV. The birth of his twin sons in whom his family was built up, ver. 27-30.