I am really excited for this post for a few reasons. One we are going over a very well known story from childhood so I always love going back over them when I'm older. Two the story of Judah and Tamar I have acted out in the youth group before on a Sunday morning. Three I do have some pictures of me actually working on my blog to add to this one so it'll be cool. Annnnndddd heeeeere we GO!
Joseph is 17 so we're talking jr/sr year of highschool and Israel (Jacob) is playing favorites with him (last time this happened we got the Jacob and Esau story). Israel makes a richly ornamented or coat of many colors for Joseph and all his other brothers hate him and cannot say a kind word to him because of this.
To make it worse Joseph then has two dreams about them (figuratively) bowing down to him in the form of sheaves and stars (I had to look up sheaves). And he goes and brags about it so he isn't necessarily super smart.
When his brothers go out to graze with their flocks Israel sends Joseph after them to check on them (so not only is he annoying his dad gets him to be the tattle tale) and when they see him coming they plot to kill him. They plan to throw him into a cistern (which I also had to look up) after killing him but one of the brothers, having mercy, says to just throw him in without harming him.
Then these traders come along and the brothers are like well we do like him a little, it wouldn't be too bad if we sold him into slavery would it? So they sell him for twenty shekels of silver which is about 8 ounces which is about the size of the first plastic cup you used as a kid that didn't have a lid...have a good idea?
They then dip his rainbow coat into some goat blood and fool Israel into thinking Joseph is dead, meanwhile he is sold by the traders to be a slave to the captain of the guard in Egypt.
Detour, so right in the middle of this story we are going to get another one and it is definitely interesting and awkward so I'm glad I'm writing on it not speaking like poor Rambo had to do, but even then he made us act it out.
Judah is one of Israels sons by Leah, he is a main character in the story, try to keep up with all the J names its hard...can't believe the Duggars (sp?) do it.
Judah gets a wife named Shua and they have 3 sons named Er, (is that like her thinking? doctor: what will his name be? Shua:Errrrrrr.... Doctor: Er it is!) Onan, and Shelah.
Judah gets a wife for Er named Tamar but because Er is wicked he is put to death by the Lord and because of laws and wanting to carry on the family line for your brother Onan is told to go lay with Tamar. But Onan felt awkward just as I do typing this and...didn't put out...so the Lord was angry and put him to death as well.
Judah promises to give Tamar Shelah too when he comes of age but until then Tamar is to live in her fathers house as a widow. During this time Shua dies and after Judah has grieved he goes to town to shear some sheep. Well Tamar hears about it and is not happy that she hasn't been given Shelah even tho he has now come of age so she dresses like a prostitute and fools Judah to have sex with her and she became pregnant.
Judah tries to pay her with a young goat but they can't find her whenever they send it because she is now once again a widow. So he just says OK we won't pay her. After about three months Tamar's pregnancy becomes obvious and they tell Judah and he says to burn her because it must have been from prostitution (O so right). But when they take her out to burn her she says the man that these belong to got me pregnant and shows the staff and seal that Judah had given as a deposit basically. So she isn't in trouble but apparently neither is Judah.
Tamar then had twins and one stuck his hand out first but then pulled back in and the other twin came out, then the other baby.
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