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she</c><00:11:42.159><c> agreed</c><00:11:42.379><c> with</c><00:11:42.580><c> you</c><00:11:42.659><c> when</c><00:11:42.779><c> it</c><00:11:42.899><c> was</c><00:11:43.039><c> good</c><00:11:43.179><c> for</c><00:11:43.360><c> her.</c> 00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:48.600 But<00:11:45.440><c> when</c><00:11:45.580><c> it</c><00:11:45.840><c> stopped</c><00:11:46.019><c> being</c><00:11:46.259><c> so</c><00:11:46.519><c> good</c><00:11:46.639><c> for</c><00:11:46.799><c> her,</c><00:11:48.080><c> she</c><00:11:48.379><c> kind</c> 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:49.919 of<00:11:48.919><c> stopped</c><00:11:49.120><c> agreeing</c><00:11:49.440><c> with</c><00:11:49.659><c> you.</c> 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:54.659 Because<00:11:50.139><c> really,</c><00:11:52.419><c> it</c><00:11:52.639><c> really</c><00:11:52.940><c> wasn't</c><00:11:53.200><c> about</c><00:11:53.620><c> what</c><00:11:53.820><c> was</c><00:11:54.159><c> really</c><00:11:54.500><c> right</c> 00:11:54.659 --> 00:11:55.580 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married</c><00:12:35.100><c> Bathsheba.</c> 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:39.740 I<00:12:37.399><c> think</c><00:12:37.519><c> he</c><00:12:37.779><c> was</c><00:12:37.960><c> surprised,</c><00:12:38.940><c> though.</c> 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:48.580 I<00:12:41.240><c> only</c><00:12:41.500><c> bring</c><00:12:41.720><c> this</c><00:12:41.899><c> up</c><00:12:42.000><c> because</c><00:12:42.139><c> I</c><00:12:42.379><c> actually</c><00:12:42.659><c> wonder</c><00:12:42.919><c> how</c><00:12:43.279><c> long</c><00:12:43.740><c> till</c><00:12:43.960><c> the</c><00:12:44.360><c> shine</c><00:12:45.179><c> wore</c><00:12:45.639><c> off</c><00:12:46.539><c> of</c><00:12:47.500><c> Bathsheba.</c> 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:54.500 How<00:12:49.940><c> long</c><00:12:50.519><c> till</c><00:12:50.779><c> she</c><00:12:51.100><c> turned</c><00:12:51.539><c> from</c><00:12:52.220><c> being</c><00:12:52.460><c> the</c><00:12:52.759><c> answer</c><00:12:53.700><c> to</c> 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:56.600 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problems?</c> 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:22.960 And<00:13:18.240><c> in</c><00:13:18.500><c> fact,</c><00:13:19.100><c> it</c><00:13:19.399><c> just</c><00:13:19.759><c> made</c><00:13:20.440><c> his</c><00:13:21.120><c> problems</c><00:13:21.620><c> worse.</c> 00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:30.240 It<00:13:24.820><c> may</c><00:13:25.059><c> have</c><00:13:25.299><c> been</c><00:13:25.879><c> when</c><00:13:26.720><c> he</c><00:13:27.019><c> realized</c><00:13:27.779><c> that</c><00:13:29.019><c> he</c><00:13:29.879><c> may</c><00:13:30.039><c> have</c> 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:34.519 just<00:13:30.539><c> married</c><00:13:31.240><c> the</c><00:13:32.860><c> world's</c><00:13:33.340><c> worst</c><00:13:33.519><c> mother.</c> 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:40.799 We<00:13:37.100><c> know</c><00:13:37.600><c> Judah</c><00:13:37.779><c> had</c><00:13:38.080><c> some</c><00:13:38.419><c> redeeming</c><00:13:39.000><c> qualities,</c><00:13:40.620><c> because</c> 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:43.059 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of</c><00:14:08.299><c> Abraham,</c><00:14:08.960><c> Isaac,</c><00:14:09.340><c> and</c><00:14:09.620><c> Jacob.</c> 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:16.700 These<00:14:10.940><c> children</c><00:14:11.799><c> were</c><00:14:12.559><c> raised</c><00:14:13.000><c> as</c><00:14:13.679><c> Canaanites</c><00:14:14.500><c> by</c><00:14:15.779><c> a</c><00:14:16.059><c> Canaanite.</c> 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:21.539 And<00:14:17.100><c> probably</c><00:14:17.580><c> in</c><00:14:18.019><c> comparison</c><00:14:18.519><c> to</c><00:14:18.799><c> most</c><00:14:19.179><c> Canaanites,</c><00:14:21.200><c> these</c> 00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:22.820 kids<00:14:21.740><c> were</c><00:14:22.000><c> wicked.</c> 00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:28.980 You<00:14:24.799><c> know,</c><00:14:24.980><c> how</c><00:14:25.259><c> bad</c><00:14:25.539><c> do</c><00:14:25.600><c> you</c><00:14:25.679><c> have</c><00:14:25.779><c> to</c><00:14:25.919><c> be</c><00:14:26.100><c> exactly</c><00:14:27.120><c> for</c><00:14:28.779><c> 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is</c><00:18:51.700><c> a</c><00:18:51.740><c> good</c><00:18:51.880><c> example</c><00:18:52.380><c> where</c><00:18:52.960><c> Shechem</c><00:18:53.380><c> says</c><00:18:53.819><c> to</c> 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:57.819 Jacob,<00:18:54.759><c> ask</c><00:18:55.059><c> me</c><00:18:55.319><c> ever</c><00:18:55.599><c> so</c><00:18:55.740><c> much</c><00:18:55.920><c> dowry</c><00:18:56.619><c> and</c><00:18:56.980><c> gift.</c> 00:18:58.819 --> 00:19:05.160 So<00:18:59.720><c> it's</c><00:18:59.980><c> highly</c><00:19:00.319><c> likely</c><00:19:01.000><c> that</c><00:19:03.119><c> if</c><00:19:03.400><c> Ur</c><00:19:03.539><c> was</c><00:19:03.900><c> so</c><00:19:04.480><c> wicked</c><00:19:04.839><c> that</c> 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:09.779 God<00:19:05.559><c> slew</c><00:19:06.039><c> him,</c><00:19:07.059><c> that</c><00:19:07.220><c> that</c><00:19:07.500><c> was</c><00:19:07.759><c> pretty</c><00:19:08.079><c> much</c><00:19:08.359><c> common</c><00:19:08.720><c> knowledge.</c> 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feel</c><00:19:35.400><c> about</c><00:19:35.720><c> that?</c> 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:41.920 Might<00:19:39.920><c> that</c><00:19:40.160><c> bother</c><00:19:40.380><c> you</c><00:19:40.599><c> a</c><00:19:40.700><c> bit?</c> 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:51.019 Tamar's<00:19:47.559><c> father's</c><00:19:47.960><c> thinking,</c><00:19:48.160><c> oh,</c><00:19:48.359><c> this</c><00:19:48.519><c> is</c><00:19:48.720><c> great.</c><00:19:49.539><c> Look,</c><00:19:50.259><c> Judah</c><00:19:50.279><c> married</c><00:19:50.599><c> into</c><00:19:50.880><c> a</c> 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.160 rich<00:19:51.200><c> family.</c> 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:55.359 I<00:19:53.400><c> don't</c><00:19:53.559><c> want</c><00:19:53.720><c> to</c><00:19:53.819><c> mess</c><00:19:53.960><c> with</c><00:19:54.160><c> Judah's</c><00:19:54.440><c> family.</c><00:19:54.720><c> They</c><00:19:54.900><c> go</c><00:19:55.079><c> and</c> 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:57.099 destroy<00:19:55.579><c> cities,</c><00:19:56.180><c> you</c><00:19:56.400><c> know.</c> 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:01.359 I'll<00:19:58.359><c> marry</c><00:19:58.559><c> my</c><00:19:58.920><c> daughter</c><00:19:59.200><c> into</c><00:19:59.380><c> this</c><00:19:59.619><c> family.</c><00:20:00.460><c> Perfect.</c> 00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:09.140 Tamar,<00:20:06.640><c> guess</c><00:20:06.819><c> what?</c><00:20:07.759><c> You're</c><00:20:08.000><c> marrying</c><00:20:08.319><c> Ur.</c> 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:13.980 You<00:20:10.960><c> mean</c><00:20:11.160><c> that</c><00:20:11.519><c> wicked</c><00:20:11.839><c> man?</c><00:20:12.900><c> Everyone</c><00:20:13.220><c> knows</c><00:20:13.559><c> how</c><00:20:13.819><c> wicked</c> 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:17.059 he<00:20:14.160><c> is.</c><00:20:14.640><c> Shut</c><00:20:14.900><c> up.</c><00:20:15.319><c> No</c><00:20:15.440><c> one</c><00:20:15.579><c> cares</c><00:20:15.740><c> what</c><00:20:15.880><c> you</c><00:20:16.099><c> think.</c> 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:20.680 You're<00:20:18.019><c> going.</c><00:20:19.279><c> That's</c><00:20:19.660><c> how</c><00:20:19.799><c> it</c><00:20:19.920><c> reads.</c> 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:28.519 So<00:20:23.880><c> after</c><00:20:24.200><c> swallowing</c><00:20:24.680><c> that</c><00:20:24.940><c> injustice,</c><00:20:25.819><c> you</c><00:20:25.940><c> come</c><00:20:26.119><c> into</c><00:20:26.299><c> Judah's</c><00:20:26.700><c> home,</c><00:20:27.400><c> dominated</c><00:20:28.140><c> by</c> 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:33.319 his<00:20:28.799><c> brawling</c><00:20:29.339><c> wife</c><00:20:29.759><c> and</c><00:20:31.339><c> crowded</c><00:20:31.880><c> in</c><00:20:32.220><c> by</c><00:20:32.420><c> his</c><00:20:32.619><c> wicked</c><00:20:32.900><c> sons,</c> 00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:36.440 and<00:20:33.880><c> you're</c><00:20:34.339><c> there</c><00:20:34.859><c> to</c><00:20:35.180><c> go</c><00:20:35.380><c> make</c><00:20:35.559><c> babies.</c> 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:44.279 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having</c><00:20:57.619><c> sons</c><00:20:58.099><c> was</c><00:20:58.700><c> a</c><00:20:58.759><c> very</c><00:20:59.160><c> important</c><00:20:59.940><c> means</c><00:21:00.559><c> of</c><00:21:01.160><c> status</c><00:21:01.660><c> and</c><00:21:02.160><c> also</c><00:21:02.500><c> of</c><00:21:02.839><c> security</c><00:21:03.400><c> for</c><00:21:05.000><c> a</c><00:21:05.619><c> woman.</c> 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:13.420 So<00:21:08.460><c> you</c><00:21:08.819><c> wonder</c><00:21:09.119><c> about</c><00:21:09.660><c> how</c><00:21:10.599><c> Tamar</c><00:21:11.079><c> saw</c><00:21:11.420><c> Judah.</c><00:21:12.859><c> She</c><00:21:13.059><c> comes</c><00:21:13.240><c> in</c> 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.500 this<00:21:13.579><c> house.</c> 00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:19.480 I<00:21:16.079><c> wonder</c><00:21:16.579><c> if</c><00:21:16.799><c> she</c><00:21:17.019><c> would</c><00:21:17.220><c> have</c><00:21:17.400><c> observed</c><00:21:18.059><c> that</c><00:21:18.619><c> there</c><00:21:18.859><c> was</c><00:21:19.079><c> something</c><00:21:19.359><c> a</c> 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.980 little<00:21:19.599><c> bit</c><00:21:19.799><c> different</c><00:21:19.960><c> about</c><00:21:20.240><c> Judah.</c> 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:26.480 That<00:21:22.119><c> Judah</c><00:21:22.359><c> wasn't</c><00:21:23.079><c> quite</c><00:21:23.599><c> as</c><00:21:24.160><c> comfortable</c><00:21:24.700><c> with</c><00:21:25.859><c> cruelty</c> 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:30.400 and<00:21:26.859><c> wickedness</c><00:21:27.779><c> as</c><00:21:28.319><c> his</c><00:21:28.599><c> sons</c><00:21:28.900><c> seemed</c><00:21:29.319><c> to</c><00:21:29.480><c> be.</c> 00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:41.319 They<00:21:32.039><c> didn't</c><00:21:32.440><c> involve</c><00:21:32.920><c> himself</c><00:21:33.660><c> in</c><00:21:34.559><c> all</c><00:21:35.220><c> the</c><00:21:35.759><c> pagan</c><00:21:36.900><c> traditions</c><00:21:37.839><c> of</c><00:21:39.819><c> the</c><00:21:40.039><c> Canaanites.</c> 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:47.519 That<00:21:43.759><c> there's</c><00:21:44.220><c> something</c><00:21:44.599><c> in</c><00:21:45.460><c> him</c><00:21:45.859><c> that</c><00:21:46.420><c> actually</c><00:21:46.900><c> knew</c><00:21:47.279><c> what</c> 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:50.799 was<00:21:47.799><c> right,</c><00:21:48.759><c> even</c><00:21:49.140><c> if</c><00:21:49.279><c> he</c><00:21:49.420><c> couldn't</c><00:21:49.660><c> bring</c><00:21:50.039><c> himself</c><00:21:50.440><c> to</c><00:21:50.660><c> do</c> 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.400 what<00:21:50.980><c> was</c><00:21:51.200><c> right.</c> 00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:55.400 I<00:21:51.819><c> mean,</c><00:21:51.980><c> I</c><00:21:52.059><c> don't</c><00:21:52.339><c> know</c><00:21:52.519><c> what</c><00:21:52.680><c> she</c><00:21:52.980><c> saw</c><00:21:53.279><c> in</c><00:21:53.559><c> Judah</c><00:21:53.660><c> when</c><00:21:53.799><c> she</c><00:21:53.960><c> came</c><00:21:54.160><c> into</c><00:21:54.299><c> this</c><00:21:54.480><c> household,</c><00:21:55.000><c> but</c><00:21:55.180><c> I</c> 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:59.140 know<00:21:55.660><c> this.</c><00:21:56.240><c> She</c><00:21:56.480><c> ends</c><00:21:56.759><c> up</c><00:21:57.019><c> betting</c><00:21:57.180><c> her</c><00:21:57.500><c> life</c><00:21:57.720><c> on</c><00:21:57.940><c> it.</c> 00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:03.200 She<00:21:59.859><c> bets</c><00:22:00.140><c> her</c><00:22:00.480><c> life</c><00:22:00.740><c> on</c><00:22:00.980><c> Judah</c><00:22:01.200><c> will</c><00:22:01.400><c> do</c><00:22:01.539><c> what's</c><00:22:01.839><c> right.</c> 00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:10.119 And<00:22:06.059><c> she</c><00:22:06.279><c> will</c><00:22:06.619><c> adopt</c><00:22:07.059><c> the</c><00:22:07.640><c> God</c><00:22:07.920><c> of</c><00:22:08.180><c> Judah</c><00:22:08.380><c> as</c><00:22:08.740><c> her</c><00:22:08.960><c> very</c><00:22:09.279><c> own.</c> 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:18.319 So<00:22:17.019><c> Ur</c><00:22:17.339><c> dies.</c> 00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:24.380 But<00:22:20.859><c> what</c><00:22:20.980><c> would</c><00:22:21.200><c> have</c><00:22:21.339><c> been</c><00:22:21.619><c> Tamar's</c><00:22:22.079><c> reaction</c><00:22:22.519><c> when</c><00:22:22.680><c> Ur</c><00:22:22.839><c> dies?</c><00:22:24.180><c> Would</c><00:22:24.299><c> it</c> 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:29.559 have<00:22:24.420><c> been</c><00:22:24.519><c> a</c><00:22:24.740><c> relief?</c><00:22:27.579><c> Would</c><00:22:28.099><c> it</c><00:22:28.160><c> have</c><00:22:28.359><c> been</c><00:22:28.619><c> horror?</c> 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:37.440 You<00:22:31.019><c> see,</c><00:22:31.559><c> she</c><00:22:31.819><c> was</c><00:22:32.099><c> left</c><00:22:32.640><c> without</c><00:22:33.720><c> a</c><00:22:34.059><c> husband</c><00:22:34.460><c> and</c><00:22:36.180><c> without</c><00:22:36.480><c> a</c><00:22:36.700><c> son.</c> 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:43.440 That's<00:22:39.339><c> a</c><00:22:39.480><c> disaster</c><00:22:40.019><c> for</c><00:22:41.900><c> a</c><00:22:42.019><c> woman</c><00:22:42.140><c> in</c><00:22:42.339><c> her</c><00:22:42.539><c> time.</c> 00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:48.420 So<00:22:45.240><c> Genesis</c><00:22:45.500><c> 38</c><00:22:45.940><c> verse</c><00:22:46.180><c> 8</c><00:22:46.480><c> says,</c><00:22:46.960><c> and</c><00:22:46.960><c> Judah</c><00:22:47.220><c> said</c><00:22:47.460><c> unto</c><00:22:47.799><c> Onan,</c> 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:54.440 go<00:22:49.019><c> into</c><00:22:49.539><c> thy</c><00:22:50.099><c> brother's</c><00:22:50.759><c> wife,</c><00:22:51.859><c> marry</c><00:22:52.220><c> her,</c><00:22:52.960><c> and</c><00:22:53.640><c> raise</c><00:22:53.960><c> up</c><00:22:54.180><c> a</c> 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:56.380 seed<00:22:54.759><c> unto</c><00:22:55.180><c> thy</c><00:22:55.480><c> brother.</c> 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.759 What<00:22:57.160><c> does</c><00:22:57.380><c> it</c><00:22:57.519><c> mean?</c><00:22:57.740><c> He</c><00:22:57.839><c> says,</c><00:22:58.180><c> raise</c><00:22:58.619><c> up</c><00:22:58.859><c> a</c><00:22:59.079><c> seed</c><00:22:59.240><c> unto</c><00:22:59.440><c> thy</c> 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:01.960 brother.<00:23:00.099><c> What's</c><00:23:00.400><c> that</c><00:23:00.519><c> idea</c><00:23:00.880><c> getting</c><00:23:01.220><c> at?</c> 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:13.660 So<00:23:07.160><c> that</c><00:23:07.759><c> idea</c><00:23:08.039><c> is</c><00:23:08.400><c> expanded</c><00:23:08.819><c> upon</c><00:23:09.480><c> in</c><00:23:10.299><c> the</c><00:23:10.559><c> laws</c><00:23:11.000><c> of</c><00:23:11.440><c> the</c><00:23:11.660><c> kinsmen</c><00:23:12.119><c> redeemer</c><00:23:13.180><c> that</c> 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:16.240 are<00:23:13.880><c> found</c><00:23:14.240><c> in</c><00:23:14.759><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:23:15.299><c> chapter</c><00:23:15.700><c> 25.</c> 00:23:16.359 --> 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unto</c><00:23:31.220><c> thy</c><00:23:31.519><c> brother,</c><00:23:32.299><c> that</c><00:23:32.680><c> is</c> 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:36.039 Judah's<00:23:34.119><c> command</c><00:23:34.839><c> to</c><00:23:35.279><c> Onan.</c> 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:40.960 And<00:23:37.980><c> the</c><00:23:38.799><c> laws</c><00:23:39.059><c> of</c><00:23:39.220><c> the</c><00:23:39.339><c> kinsmen</c><00:23:39.599><c> redeemer</c><00:23:39.839><c> are</c><00:23:40.079><c> found</c><00:23:40.180><c> from</c><00:23:40.380><c> verses</c><00:23:40.619><c> 5</c> 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.799 to<00:23:41.039><c> 10,</c><00:23:41.279><c> but</c><00:23:41.440><c> we're</c><00:23:41.619><c> just</c><00:23:41.759><c> going</c><00:23:41.859><c> to</c><00:23:41.940><c> take</c><00:23:42.140><c> a</c><00:23:42.220><c> look</c><00:23:42.359><c> at</c><00:23:42.500><c> verses</c> 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:45.420 5<00:23:43.220><c> and</c><00:23:43.400><c> 6</c><00:23:44.059><c> just</c><00:23:44.440><c> now.</c> 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to</c><00:24:06.759><c> him</c><00:24:07.099><c> to</c><00:24:07.559><c> wife,</c><00:24:08.940><c> and</c><00:24:09.319><c> perform</c><00:24:09.839><c> the</c><00:24:10.099><c> duty</c><00:24:10.400><c> of</c><00:24:10.640><c> a</c><00:24:10.799><c> husband's</c><00:24:11.400><c> brother</c> 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.980 unto<00:24:12.059><c> her.</c> 00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:17.579 And<00:24:13.460><c> it</c><00:24:13.640><c> shall</c><00:24:13.859><c> be</c><00:24:14.400><c> that</c><00:24:14.819><c> the</c><00:24:15.119><c> firstborn</c><00:24:15.940><c> which</c><00:24:16.599><c> she</c><00:24:17.059><c> beareth</c> 00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:22.940 shall<00:24:18.339><c> succeed</c><00:24:19.200><c> in</c><00:24:19.880><c> the</c><00:24:20.200><c> name</c><00:24:20.460><c> of</c><00:24:20.619><c> his</c><00:24:20.819><c> brother</c><00:24:21.119><c> which</c><00:24:21.319><c> is</c><00:24:21.579><c> dead,</c><00:24:22.440><c> that</c><00:24:22.640><c> his</c> 00:24:22.940 --> 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00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:41.680 It's<00:24:40.240><c> a</c><00:24:40.380><c> simple</c><00:24:40.559><c> concept.</c> 00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:46.119 The<00:24:43.140><c> point</c><00:24:43.519><c> of</c><00:24:43.779><c> this</c><00:24:44.039><c> was</c><00:24:44.380><c> to</c><00:24:44.660><c> raise</c><00:24:44.940><c> an</c><00:24:45.319><c> heir.</c> 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:51.259 And<00:24:47.700><c> then</c><00:24:47.940><c> when</c><00:24:48.079><c> you</c><00:24:48.380><c> have</c><00:24:48.660><c> that</c><00:24:49.019><c> heir,</c><00:24:49.579><c> that</c><00:24:49.900><c> heir</c><00:24:50.160><c> then</c><00:24:50.539><c> takes</c><00:24:50.859><c> the</c> 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:56.140 place<00:24:51.720><c> of</c><00:24:52.299><c> his</c><00:24:52.680><c> father</c><00:24:53.200><c> in</c><00:24:54.039><c> terms</c><00:24:54.519><c> of</c><00:24:55.059><c> inheritance.</c> 00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:06.180 Or<00:25:02.259><c> just</c><00:25:02.880><c> simply</c><00:25:03.200><c> inherits</c><00:25:03.799><c> what</c><00:25:04.259><c> that</c><00:25:04.579><c> man</c><00:25:04.819><c> already</c><00:25:05.319><c> owned,</c> 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:09.900 if<00:25:06.940><c> the</c><00:25:07.140><c> father's</c><00:25:07.519><c> already</c><00:25:07.759><c> grown</c><00:25:07.980><c> and</c><00:25:08.180><c> the</c><00:25:08.420><c> estate's</c><00:25:08.680><c> been</c><00:25:08.839><c> dispersed.</c> 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:16.119 The<00:25:12.440><c> male</c><00:25:12.799><c> heir</c><00:25:13.299><c> is</c><00:25:14.059><c> counted</c><00:25:14.420><c> as</c><00:25:14.660><c> the</c><00:25:14.839><c> dead</c><00:25:15.019><c> brother</c><00:25:15.319><c> and</c><00:25:15.480><c> receives</c><00:25:15.819><c> the</c> 00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:19.339 inheritance<00:25:16.440><c> that</c><00:25:16.779><c> was</c><00:25:17.079><c> going</c><00:25:17.279><c> to</c><00:25:17.519><c> belong</c><00:25:17.900><c> to</c><00:25:18.079><c> the</c><00:25:18.240><c> dead</c><00:25:18.440><c> brother.</c> 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:24.259 Now<00:25:20.299><c> the</c><00:25:20.519><c> problem</c><00:25:20.900><c> of</c><00:25:21.160><c> course</c><00:25:21.380><c> in</c><00:25:21.680><c> doing</c><00:25:21.900><c> this</c><00:25:22.339><c> is</c><00:25:22.720><c> if</c><00:25:22.940><c> the</c><00:25:23.279><c> brother</c><00:25:23.700><c> was</c> 00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:28.720 the<00:25:24.559><c> firstborn</c><00:25:25.000><c> that</c><00:25:25.259><c> died,</c><00:25:26.299><c> what</c><00:25:26.559><c> happens</c><00:25:27.039><c> to</c><00:25:27.640><c> his</c><00:25:27.920><c> seed?</c> 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:33.799 The<00:25:30.119><c> firstborn</c><00:25:30.559><c> brother</c><00:25:30.880><c> has</c><00:25:31.180><c> a</c><00:25:31.400><c> right.</c><00:25:32.720><c> That</c><00:25:33.099><c> right</c><00:25:33.299><c> is</c><00:25:33.559><c> a</c> 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.980 double<00:25:34.019><c> portion.</c> 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:38.599 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a</c><00:25:50.099><c> little</c><00:25:50.240><c> bit</c><00:25:50.400><c> of</c><00:25:50.539><c> a</c><00:25:50.660><c> moral</c><00:25:50.819><c> dilemma</c><00:25:51.140><c> for</c><00:25:51.460><c> Onan.</c> 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:58.940 You<00:25:52.799><c> see,</c><00:25:54.759><c> if</c><00:25:54.940><c> Ur's</c><00:25:55.500><c> name</c><00:25:55.839><c> is</c><00:25:56.140><c> wiped</c><00:25:56.359><c> out</c><00:25:56.700><c> and</c><00:25:56.880><c> he</c><00:25:57.019><c> has</c><00:25:57.339><c> no</c><00:25:57.640><c> heir,</c><00:25:58.579><c> then</c> 00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:04.900 Onan<00:25:59.160><c> is</c><00:25:59.440><c> in</c><00:25:59.680><c> line</c><00:26:00.099><c> to</c><00:26:00.319><c> get</c><00:26:00.579><c> two</c><00:26:01.059><c>-thirds</c><00:26:01.759><c> of</c><00:26:03.779><c> Judah's</c><00:26:04.339><c> estate,</c> 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:07.359 essentially<00:26:05.519><c> twice</c><00:26:05.920><c> as</c><00:26:06.180><c> much</c><00:26:06.400><c> as</c><00:26:06.559><c> his</c><00:26:06.740><c> brother</c><00:26:07.000><c> Sheeva.</c> 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.859 If<00:26:08.099><c> Sheeva</c><00:26:08.240><c> would</c><00:26:08.339><c> get</c><00:26:08.440><c> a</c><00:26:08.559><c> third,</c><00:26:09.099><c> Onan</c><00:26:09.380><c> would</c><00:26:09.579><c> have</c><00:26:09.680><c> gotten</c> 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.619 two<00:26:10.180><c>-thirds.</c> 00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:20.759 But<00:26:11.940><c> if</c><00:26:12.220><c> he</c><00:26:13.480><c> raises</c><00:26:13.980><c> up</c><00:26:14.319><c> a</c><00:26:14.480><c> seed</c><00:26:15.180><c> for</c><00:26:15.799><c> Ur,</c><00:26:17.019><c> then</c><00:26:17.380><c> that</c><00:26:17.880><c> heir</c><00:26:18.319><c> would</c><00:26:18.759><c> have</c><00:26:18.940><c> gotten</c><00:26:19.200><c> half</c><00:26:19.799><c> and</c> 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:23.119 Onan<00:26:21.259><c> would</c><00:26:21.579><c> have</c><00:26:21.700><c> gotten</c><00:26:21.839><c> 25%.</c> 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:33.259 So<00:26:25.240><c> Onan,</c><00:26:26.099><c> by</c><00:26:26.279><c> raising</c><00:26:26.619><c> up</c><00:26:26.779><c> a</c><00:26:26.940><c> seed</c><00:26:27.079><c> for</c><00:26:27.319><c> Ur,</c><00:26:28.019><c> was</c><00:26:28.119><c> reducing</c><00:26:28.819><c> his</c><00:26:29.519><c> estate</c><00:26:30.079><c> from</c><00:26:30.880><c> Judah</c><00:26:31.200><c> from</c><00:26:31.799><c> two</c><00:26:32.160><c>-thirds</c><00:26:32.660><c> to</c> 00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:36.180 25<00:26:33.799><c>%</c><00:26:34.220><c> to</c><00:26:34.420><c> one</c><00:26:34.700><c>-fourth.</c> 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:38.660 How<00:26:37.039><c> do</c><00:26:37.119><c> you</c><00:26:37.119><c> think</c><00:26:37.220><c> he</c><00:26:37.400><c> felt</c><00:26:37.500><c> about</c><00:26:37.740><c> that?</c> 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:46.579 Not<00:26:41.859><c> a</c><00:26:42.220><c> chance.</c><00:26:44.079><c> No</c><00:26:44.220><c> way</c><00:26:44.339><c> he's</c><00:26:44.559><c> going</c><00:26:44.640><c> to</c><00:26:44.720><c> do</c><00:26:44.880><c> that.</c><00:26:46.059><c> He</c><00:26:46.279><c> wants</c> 00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.640 two<00:26:46.859><c>-thirds.</c> 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:51.500 He's<00:26:48.440><c> not</c><00:26:48.640><c> going</c><00:26:48.740><c> to</c><00:26:48.839><c> raise</c><00:26:48.960><c> up</c><00:26:49.160><c> a</c><00:26:49.299><c> seed</c><00:26:49.400><c> for</c><00:26:49.579><c> his</c><00:26:49.720><c> brother.</c><00:26:50.140><c> No</c><00:26:50.380><c> way.</c> 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:54.579 And<00:26:52.839><c> so</c><00:26:52.940><c> what</c><00:26:53.059><c> does</c><00:26:53.180><c> he</c><00:26:53.319><c> do?</c> 00:26:57.259 --> 00:27:04.500 He<00:26:57.779><c> essentially,</c><00:26:59.440><c> when</c><00:26:59.839><c> he</c><00:27:00.099><c> lies</c><00:27:00.359><c> with</c><00:27:00.680><c> Tamar,</c><00:27:02.160><c> corrupts</c><00:27:04.019><c> the</c> 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:08.400 togetherness<00:27:04.980><c> so</c><00:27:05.299><c> that</c><00:27:05.460><c> there's</c><00:27:05.700><c> no</c><00:27:05.980><c> way</c><00:27:06.220><c> that</c><00:27:06.940><c> he's</c><00:27:07.460><c> going</c><00:27:07.559><c> to</c><00:27:07.599><c> be</c><00:27:07.680><c> able</c><00:27:07.799><c> to</c><00:27:07.980><c> raise</c><00:27:08.119><c> a</c> 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:10.660 seed<00:27:08.859><c> for</c><00:27:09.579><c> his</c><00:27:09.839><c> brother.</c> 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:19.640 So<00:27:16.279><c> what's</c><00:27:16.759><c> going</c><00:27:16.940><c> on</c><00:27:17.220><c> here</c><00:27:17.519><c> is</c><00:27:17.700><c> that</c><00:27:17.880><c> Onan</c><00:27:18.119><c> is</c><00:27:18.380><c> happy</c><00:27:18.619><c> to</c><00:27:18.779><c> marry</c><00:27:19.079><c> Tamar</c><00:27:19.500><c> but</c> 00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.460 doesn't<00:27:19.859><c> want</c><00:27:20.039><c> children.</c> 00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:23.319 So<00:27:21.019><c> what's</c><00:27:21.319><c> his</c><00:27:21.480><c> plan?</c><00:27:21.920><c> I</c><00:27:22.079><c> think</c><00:27:22.240><c> his</c><00:27:22.440><c> plan</c><00:27:22.640><c> is</c><00:27:22.720><c> kind</c><00:27:22.880><c> of</c><00:27:22.900><c> like</c><00:27:23.079><c> this.</c> 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:26.740 What<00:27:23.720><c> I'll</c><00:27:23.920><c> do</c><00:27:24.039><c> is</c><00:27:24.220><c> I'll</c><00:27:24.359><c> marry</c><00:27:24.599><c> Tamar,</c><00:27:26.019><c> but</c><00:27:26.099><c> I</c><00:27:26.200><c> won't</c><00:27:26.440><c> raise</c> 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.599 up<00:27:27.039><c> any</c><00:27:27.319><c> seed</c><00:27:27.519><c> for</c><00:27:27.799><c> Ur.</c> 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:32.240 I'll<00:27:29.559><c> wait</c><00:27:29.740><c> it</c><00:27:29.920><c> out</c><00:27:30.079><c> until</c><00:27:30.220><c> Judah</c><00:27:30.440><c> dies.</c><00:27:31.480><c> I'll</c><00:27:31.779><c> inherit</c><00:27:32.059><c> the</c> 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.380 double<00:27:32.440><c> portion</c><00:27:32.740><c> myself.</c> 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:36.759 Then<00:27:33.880><c> I'll</c><00:27:34.099><c> dispose</c><00:27:34.460><c> of</c><00:27:34.660><c> Tamar</c><00:27:35.339><c> and</c><00:27:35.660><c> I'll</c><00:27:35.920><c> marry</c><00:27:36.119><c> a</c><00:27:36.359><c> younger</c> 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.960 girl<00:27:37.240><c> and</c><00:27:37.539><c> then</c><00:27:37.680><c> I'll</c><00:27:37.839><c> have</c><00:27:38.000><c> sons.</c> 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:43.480 That's<00:27:40.640><c> his</c><00:27:40.839><c> plan,</c><00:27:41.579><c> essentially,</c><00:27:42.980><c> I</c><00:27:42.980><c> think.</c> 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:47.799 So<00:27:44.640><c> what</c><00:27:44.819><c> would</c><00:27:44.980><c> that</c><00:27:46.400><c> have</c><00:27:46.519><c> done</c><00:27:46.700><c> for</c><00:27:46.980><c> Tamar?</c> 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:52.960 That<00:27:49.940><c> plan</c><00:27:50.660><c> would</c><00:27:51.160><c> leave</c><00:27:51.339><c> her</c><00:27:51.660><c> destitute.</c> 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:58.359 She<00:27:54.559><c> would</c><00:27:54.599><c> have</c><00:27:54.740><c> been</c><00:27:54.799><c> left</c><00:27:54.920><c> with</c><00:27:55.119><c> no</c><00:27:55.319><c> husband</c><00:27:56.039><c> and</c><00:27:57.660><c> no</c><00:27:57.920><c> sons</c> 00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:01.180 and<00:27:59.980><c> no</c><00:28:00.240><c> security.</c> 00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:09.400 It<00:28:02.539><c> was</c><00:28:03.220><c> a</c><00:28:03.380><c> vicious</c><00:28:03.640><c> wrong</c><00:28:04.319><c> against</c><00:28:05.119><c> Tamar,</c><00:28:07.900><c> what</c><00:28:08.059><c> Onan</c><00:28:08.380><c> was</c><00:28:08.640><c> doing.</c> 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:16.759 And<00:28:10.240><c> of</c><00:28:10.460><c> course,</c><00:28:11.279><c> who</c><00:28:11.420><c> is</c><00:28:11.599><c> going</c><00:28:11.759><c> to</c><00:28:11.759><c> be</c><00:28:12.000><c> blamed</c><00:28:12.200><c> for</c><00:28:12.420><c> being</c><00:28:12.759><c> barren?</c><00:28:14.440><c> Onan</c><00:28:15.099><c> or</c><00:28:15.720><c> Tamar?</c> 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:22.039 So<00:28:18.539><c> in</c><00:28:18.740><c> Genesis</c><00:28:18.960><c> 38</c><00:28:19.319><c> verse</c><00:28:19.559><c> 10,</c><00:28:20.240><c> And</c><00:28:20.400><c> the</c><00:28:20.480><c> thing</c><00:28:20.880><c> which</c><00:28:21.339><c> he</c><00:28:21.779><c> did</c> 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:25.579 displease<00:28:22.420><c> the</c><00:28:22.680><c> Lord,</c><00:28:23.119><c> wherefore</c><00:28:23.599><c> he</c><00:28:24.160><c> slew</c><00:28:24.420><c> him</c><00:28:24.619><c> also.</c> 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:30.400 Now<00:28:26.839><c> think</c><00:28:27.180><c> of</c><00:28:27.299><c> the</c><00:28:27.500><c> impact</c><00:28:27.960><c> on</c><00:28:28.380><c> Tamar</c><00:28:28.940><c> when</c><00:28:29.160><c> Onan</c><00:28:29.460><c> dies.</c> 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.259 Consider<00:28:30.759><c> for</c><00:28:30.960><c> a</c><00:28:31.140><c> moment</c><00:28:31.480><c> the</c><00:28:31.779><c> suspicious</c><00:28:32.400><c> ways</c><00:28:32.799><c> of</c><00:28:33.039><c> the</c> 00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.720 Canaanites<00:28:33.599><c> anyways.</c> 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:39.640 What<00:28:35.720><c> would</c><00:28:35.859><c> they</c><00:28:36.119><c> think</c><00:28:36.539><c> of</c><00:28:37.660><c> Tamar</c><00:28:38.160><c> after</c><00:28:38.660><c> she</c><00:28:38.940><c> marries</c><00:28:39.220><c> Ur,</c> 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.779 then<00:28:40.279><c> he</c><00:28:40.460><c> dies</c><00:28:40.680><c> suddenly.</c> 00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:47.420 And<00:28:43.240><c> then</c><00:28:43.339><c> she</c><00:28:43.519><c> marries</c><00:28:43.859><c> Onan</c><00:28:44.400><c> and</c><00:28:45.740><c> he</c><00:28:46.019><c> dies</c><00:28:46.339><c> suddenly.</c> 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:50.500 All<00:28:48.319><c> the</c><00:28:48.480><c> time</c><00:28:48.740><c> she</c><00:28:48.900><c> can't</c><00:28:49.140><c> seem</c><00:28:49.319><c> to</c><00:28:49.400><c> get</c><00:28:49.519><c> pregnant.</c> 00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:55.980 Do<00:28:52.759><c> you</c><00:28:52.759><c> think</c><00:28:52.940><c> the</c><00:28:53.119><c> Canaanites</c><00:28:53.519><c> would</c><00:28:54.359><c> have</c><00:28:54.500><c> just</c><00:28:55.059><c> cast</c><00:28:55.799><c> a</c> 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:58.680 suspicious<00:28:56.400><c> eye</c><00:28:57.579><c> onto</c><00:28:58.160><c> Tamar?</c> 00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:02.180 Do<00:28:59.359><c> you</c><00:28:59.359><c> think</c><00:28:59.519><c> maybe</c><00:28:59.819><c> they</c><00:28:59.920><c> would</c><00:29:00.099><c> have</c><00:29:00.279><c> blamed</c><00:29:01.339><c> Tamar?</c> 00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.960 It's<00:29:02.940><c> exactly</c><00:29:03.279><c> what</c><00:29:03.500><c> happened.</c> 00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:07.940 Judah<00:29:04.380><c> does</c><00:29:04.660><c> not</c><00:29:04.880><c> want</c><00:29:05.059><c> to</c><00:29:05.180><c> give</c><00:29:05.400><c> Sheva</c><00:29:05.880><c> to</c><00:29:06.119><c> Tamar</c><00:29:07.200><c> for</c><00:29:07.680><c> fear</c> 00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:10.460 that<00:29:08.099><c> this</c><00:29:08.299><c> whole</c><00:29:08.559><c> thing</c><00:29:08.700><c> is</c><00:29:08.900><c> Tamar's</c><00:29:09.539><c> fault.</c> 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.940 That<00:29:11.680><c> she's</c><00:29:12.059><c> actually</c><00:29:12.440><c> doing</c><00:29:12.700><c> this.</c> 00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:15.880 And<00:29:13.339><c> if</c><00:29:13.539><c> Judah</c><00:29:13.779><c> thought</c><00:29:14.099><c> it,</c><00:29:14.480><c> what</c><00:29:14.700><c> were</c><00:29:14.880><c> the</c><00:29:15.140><c> Canaanites</c><00:29:15.559><c> thinking?</c> 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:18.859 What<00:29:16.440><c> do</c><00:29:16.700><c> you</c><00:29:16.740><c> think</c><00:29:16.940><c> Bathsheba</c><00:29:17.660><c> would</c><00:29:17.859><c> have</c><00:29:18.059><c> thought?</c> 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:22.559 Her<00:29:20.440><c> sons</c><00:29:20.640><c> are</c><00:29:20.859><c> dropping</c><00:29:21.220><c> dead</c><00:29:21.539><c> since</c><00:29:21.779><c> this</c><00:29:22.000><c> woman</c><00:29:22.200><c> arrived</c> 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.779 in<00:29:22.700><c> the</c><00:29:22.839><c> house.</c> 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:28.339 Her<00:29:26.779><c> sons</c><00:29:27.000><c> want</c><00:29:27.140><c> her</c><00:29:27.319><c> security.</c> 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:32.640 You<00:29:29.160><c> think</c><00:29:29.859><c> Bathsheba</c><00:29:30.500><c> is</c><00:29:30.680><c> going</c><00:29:30.839><c> to</c><00:29:31.000><c> marry</c><00:29:31.559><c> Sheva</c><00:29:32.019><c> to</c><00:29:32.259><c> Tamar?</c> 00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:34.480 Not<00:29:33.220><c> a</c><00:29:33.500><c> chance.</c> 00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:38.180 And<00:29:35.059><c> so</c><00:29:35.220><c> what</c><00:29:35.519><c> Judah</c><00:29:35.680><c> does</c><00:29:35.960><c> is</c><00:29:36.180><c> he</c><00:29:36.220><c> sends</c><00:29:36.480><c> Tamar</c><00:29:37.119><c> back</c><00:29:37.640><c> to</c><00:29:37.980><c> her</c> 00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.680 father's<00:29:38.640><c> house.</c> 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:42.859 Then<00:29:40.980><c> said</c><00:29:41.220><c> Judah</c><00:29:41.480><c> to</c><00:29:41.599><c> Tamar,</c><00:29:42.119><c> his</c><00:29:42.220><c> daughter</c><00:29:42.500><c>-in</c><00:29:42.680><c>-law,</c> 00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:46.059 Remain<00:29:43.500><c> a</c><00:29:43.660><c> widow</c><00:29:43.799><c> at</c><00:29:44.000><c> thy</c><00:29:44.200><c> father's</c><00:29:44.700><c> house,</c><00:29:45.279><c> till</c><00:29:45.359><c> Sheva</c><00:29:45.839><c> my</c> 00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.859 son<00:29:46.319><c> be</c><00:29:46.519><c> grown.</c> 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:53.180 For<00:29:47.440><c> he</c><00:29:47.640><c> said,</c><00:29:48.359><c> lest</c><00:29:48.519><c> per</c><00:29:48.720><c> adventure</c><00:29:49.039><c> he</c><00:29:49.359><c> die</c><00:29:49.559><c> also</c><00:29:49.920><c> as</c><00:29:50.059><c> his</c><00:29:50.259><c> brother</c><00:29:50.420><c>-in</c><00:29:50.539><c>-law.</c> 00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:56.019 And<00:29:53.259><c> so</c><00:29:53.500><c> Tamar</c><00:29:53.799><c> went</c><00:29:54.039><c> and</c><00:29:54.339><c> dwelt</c><00:29:54.640><c> in</c><00:29:54.880><c> her</c><00:29:55.119><c> father's</c><00:29:55.579><c> house.</c> 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.900 So<00:29:56.779><c> Tamar</c><00:29:57.140><c> is</c><00:29:57.440><c> destitute.</c> 00:29:58.140 --> 00:30:02.720 She's<00:29:58.359><c> got</c><00:29:58.559><c> no</c><00:29:58.799><c> husband,</c><00:29:59.519><c> she's</c><00:29:59.799><c> got</c><00:30:00.059><c> no</c><00:30:00.460><c> sons,</c><00:30:01.000><c> she</c><00:30:01.160><c> has</c><00:30:01.440><c> no</c><00:30:01.759><c> future.</c> 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:08.299 Do<00:30:03.640><c> you</c><00:30:03.799><c> think</c><00:30:04.019><c> for</c><00:30:04.299><c> a</c><00:30:04.619><c> moment</c><00:30:05.240><c> that</c><00:30:06.859><c> her</c><00:30:07.180><c> family</c><00:30:07.700><c> would</c><00:30:08.019><c> be</c> 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:10.319 glad<00:30:08.619><c> that</c><00:30:08.819><c> she</c><00:30:08.980><c> came</c><00:30:09.180><c> back</c><00:30:09.460><c> home?</c> 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:15.400 No,<00:30:12.480><c> they</c><00:30:12.779><c> would</c><00:30:12.940><c> have</c><00:30:13.099><c> thought</c><00:30:13.779><c> that</c><00:30:14.319><c> marrying</c><00:30:14.640><c> Tamar</c><00:30:15.160><c> to</c> 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:17.000 Judah's<00:30:15.960><c> family</c> 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:19.220 would<00:30:17.200><c> have</c><00:30:17.460><c> united</c><00:30:17.819><c> the</c><00:30:18.119><c> families</c><00:30:18.380><c> in</c><00:30:18.559><c> a</c><00:30:18.819><c> blessing.</c> 00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:22.099 But<00:30:19.799><c> this</c><00:30:20.119><c> blessing</c><00:30:20.500><c> had</c><00:30:20.740><c> become</c><00:30:20.940><c> a</c><00:30:21.220><c> curse.</c> 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:25.319 And<00:30:22.619><c> they</c><00:30:22.799><c> would</c><00:30:22.980><c> have</c><00:30:23.180><c> blamed</c><00:30:23.359><c> the</c><00:30:23.559><c> whole</c><00:30:23.839><c> thing</c><00:30:24.019><c> on</c><00:30:24.259><c> Tamar.</c> 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:30.720 She<00:30:27.359><c> would</c><00:30:28.140><c> have</c><00:30:28.259><c> been</c><00:30:28.519><c> counted</c><00:30:28.880><c> as</c><00:30:29.380><c> having</c><00:30:29.680><c> brought</c><00:30:30.180><c> shame</c> 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:32.059 to<00:30:30.900><c> her</c><00:30:31.160><c> family.</c> 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:34.460 They<00:30:32.400><c> did</c><00:30:32.759><c> not</c><00:30:33.000><c> want</c><00:30:33.220><c> her</c><00:30:33.480><c> home.</c> 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:37.940 And<00:30:35.319><c> now</c><00:30:35.559><c> they</c><00:30:35.680><c> have</c><00:30:35.779><c> to</c><00:30:36.119><c> feed</c><00:30:36.299><c> her</c><00:30:36.859><c> and</c><00:30:37.140><c> provide</c><00:30:37.640><c> for</c><00:30:37.859><c> her.</c> 00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:40.279 They<00:30:38.039><c> don't</c><00:30:38.200><c> want</c><00:30:38.359><c> to</c><00:30:38.420><c> do</c><00:30:38.619><c> that.</c><00:30:38.779><c> That</c><00:30:38.940><c> was</c><00:30:39.140><c> not</c><00:30:39.319><c> their</c><00:30:39.539><c> job.</c> 00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:51.339 So<00:30:46.119><c> Tamar's</c><00:30:46.859><c> whole</c><00:30:47.099><c> hopes,</c><00:30:47.619><c> her</c><00:30:47.900><c> entire</c><00:30:48.480><c> future</c><00:30:49.539><c> depended</c><00:30:50.680><c> on</c> 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.720 Judah<00:30:51.599><c> keeping</c><00:30:51.859><c> his</c><00:30:52.160><c> word</c> 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:55.460 and<00:30:53.240><c> giving</c><00:30:53.599><c> Sheva</c><00:30:53.920><c> to</c><00:30:54.079><c> be</c><00:30:54.180><c> her</c><00:30:54.359><c> husband.</c> 00:30:56.599 --> 00:31:04.660 And<00:30:56.980><c> she</c><00:30:57.220><c> waited.</c><00:30:59.700><c> And</c><00:31:00.000><c> she</c><00:31:00.240><c> waited.</c><00:31:03.299><c> And</c><00:31:03.599><c> she</c><00:31:03.779><c> waited.</c> 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:11.559 You<00:31:05.920><c> know,</c><00:31:06.059><c> when</c><00:31:06.220><c> do</c><00:31:06.519><c> you</c><00:31:06.640><c> think</c><00:31:07.559><c> that</c><00:31:08.420><c> that</c><00:31:08.960><c> dull</c><00:31:09.319><c> fear,</c><00:31:11.339><c> that</c> 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:15.279 suspicion<00:31:12.519><c> in</c><00:31:13.920><c> her</c><00:31:14.299><c> heart</c> 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:19.160 became<00:31:16.859><c> an</c><00:31:17.220><c> inescapable</c><00:31:18.000><c> reality?</c> 00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:26.740 That<00:31:20.880><c> Judah</c><00:31:21.140><c> wouldn't,</c><00:31:23.059><c> couldn't</c><00:31:24.559><c> do</c><00:31:25.220><c> what</c><00:31:25.440><c> was</c><00:31:25.720><c> right?</c> 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:35.619 When<00:31:28.259><c> do</c><00:31:28.500><c> you</c><00:31:28.599><c> think</c><00:31:29.079><c> she</c><00:31:29.619><c> realized</c><00:31:30.279><c> that</c><00:31:32.180><c> Judah's</c><00:31:32.779><c> plan</c><00:31:33.400><c> was</c> 00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:37.119 to<00:31:35.779><c> leave</c><00:31:35.880><c> her</c><00:31:36.119><c> destitute?</c> 00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:49.059 You<00:31:43.839><c> know,</c><00:31:44.099><c> last</c><00:31:44.680><c> talk</c><00:31:45.339><c> we</c><00:31:45.700><c> discussed</c><00:31:46.599><c> about</c><00:31:48.519><c> resentment</c> 00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:54.900 and<00:31:49.279><c> how</c><00:31:49.460><c> Judah</c><00:31:49.720><c> built</c><00:31:50.000><c> a</c><00:31:50.480><c> strong</c><00:31:50.839><c> and</c><00:31:51.339><c> bitter</c><00:31:51.599><c> case</c><00:31:52.339><c> against</c><00:31:53.480><c> Joseph</c> 00:31:56.099 --> 00:32:01.220 and<00:31:56.619><c> building</c><00:31:57.140><c> that</c><00:31:57.559><c> case</c><00:31:57.759><c> it</c><00:31:58.099><c> practically</c><00:31:58.359><c> demanded</c><00:31:59.440><c> that</c> 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:04.640 Judah<00:32:01.539><c> get</c><00:32:02.000><c> even</c><00:32:02.680><c> with</c><00:32:03.579><c> Joseph.</c> 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:08.900 And<00:32:05.140><c> we</c><00:32:05.299><c> discussed</c><00:32:05.539><c> how</c><00:32:05.759><c> Judah</c><00:32:06.000><c> progressed</c><00:32:06.660><c> through</c><00:32:07.500><c> the</c><00:32:07.740><c> five</c><00:32:08.059><c> selfs</c><00:32:08.579><c> of</c><00:32:08.700><c> sin.</c> 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:14.859 We<00:32:09.500><c> took</c><00:32:09.700><c> it</c><00:32:09.859><c> through</c><00:32:10.119><c> self</c><00:32:10.339><c>-importance,</c><00:32:11.779><c> self</c><00:32:11.960><c>-justification,</c><00:32:12.960><c> self</c><00:32:13.180><c>-righteousness,</c><00:32:14.640><c> and</c> 00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.880 self<00:32:15.099><c>-pity.</c> 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:17.740 We<00:32:16.200><c> left</c><00:32:16.339><c> it</c><00:32:16.539><c> last</c><00:32:16.900><c> class</c><00:32:17.160><c> as</c><00:32:17.359><c> self</c><00:32:17.619><c>-pity.</c> 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:22.400 And<00:32:17.940><c> now</c><00:32:18.099><c> we've</c><00:32:18.640><c> seen</c><00:32:19.019><c> pretty</c><00:32:19.539><c> clearly</c><00:32:19.940><c> how</c><00:32:20.420><c> Judah</c><00:32:20.700><c> has</c><00:32:21.960><c> gone</c> 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:24.819 into<00:32:22.859><c> this</c><00:32:23.180><c> cycle</c><00:32:23.480><c> of</c><00:32:23.819><c> self</c><00:32:24.079><c>-pity.</c> 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:32.740 And<00:32:28.079><c> you</c><00:32:28.240><c> recall</c><00:32:28.700><c> that</c><00:32:28.960><c> we</c><00:32:29.940><c> made</c><00:32:30.099><c> a</c><00:32:30.259><c> little</c><00:32:30.599><c> diagram,</c><00:32:31.480><c> a</c><00:32:31.700><c> little</c><00:32:31.960><c> diagram</c><00:32:32.380><c> of</c> 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.720 childlike<00:32:33.319><c> reasoning.</c> 00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:36.599 I'll<00:32:34.420><c> give</c><00:32:34.519><c> you</c><00:32:34.619><c> an</c><00:32:34.759><c> example</c><00:32:35.039><c> of</c><00:32:35.299><c> childlike</c><00:32:35.680><c> reasoning.</c> 00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:39.519 Ahala<00:32:36.900><c> comes</c><00:32:37.279><c> into</c><00:32:37.660><c> the</c><00:32:37.880><c> house</c><00:32:38.099><c> today,</c><00:32:38.900><c> well</c><00:32:39.099><c> she's</c><00:32:39.279><c> in</c><00:32:39.420><c> the</c> 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.920 house<00:32:39.720><c> already,</c> 00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:42.839 she<00:32:40.059><c> comes</c><00:32:40.319><c> into</c><00:32:40.539><c> the</c><00:32:40.700><c> kitchen</c><00:32:41.079><c> and</c><00:32:41.480><c> she's</c><00:32:41.819><c> crying.</c> 00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:45.539 Why<00:32:44.259><c> are</c><00:32:44.460><c> you</c><00:32:44.599><c> crying</c><00:32:45.000><c> Ahala?</c> 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:49.140 Because<00:32:46.160><c> when</c><00:32:46.460><c> I</c><00:32:46.640><c> was</c><00:32:46.799><c> in</c><00:32:46.880><c> the</c><00:32:47.059><c> bathroom</c><00:32:47.539><c> Ari</c><00:32:47.859><c> turned</c><00:32:48.279><c> off</c><00:32:48.599><c> the</c><00:32:48.839><c> light</c> 00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:53.259 so<00:32:49.400><c> I</c><00:32:49.559><c> couldn't</c><00:32:49.859><c> see</c><00:32:50.119><c> where</c><00:32:50.299><c> I</c><00:32:50.500><c> was</c><00:32:50.680><c> going</c><00:32:50.900><c> while</c><00:32:51.160><c> I</c><00:32:51.240><c> was</c><00:32:51.420><c> trying</c><00:32:51.599><c> to</c><00:32:51.740><c> brush</c><00:32:51.920><c> my</c><00:32:52.119><c> teeth.</c> 00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:57.519 Ari,<00:32:56.220><c> did</c><00:32:56.279><c> you</c><00:32:56.359><c> do</c><00:32:56.519><c> that?</c> 00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:00.420 Yes,<00:32:58.400><c> I</c><00:32:58.759><c> did</c><00:32:58.920><c> it</c><00:32:59.079><c> because</c><00:32:59.299><c> she</c><00:32:59.519><c> turned</c><00:32:59.700><c> off</c><00:32:59.880><c> the</c><00:33:00.039><c> light</c><00:33:00.140><c> when</c><00:33:00.259><c> I</c> 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.680 was<00:33:00.539><c> in</c><00:33:00.619><c> the</c><00:33:00.740><c> bathroom.</c> 00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:05.420 Aha,<00:33:03.700><c> the</c><00:33:03.819><c> light</c><00:33:03.940><c> turned</c><00:33:04.200><c> off</c><00:33:04.660><c> the</c><00:33:04.859><c> light</c><00:33:04.980><c> when</c><00:33:05.119><c> Ari</c><00:33:05.220><c> was</c><00:33:05.339><c> in</c> 00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.819 the<00:33:05.559><c> bathroom</c> 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:08.759 because<00:33:06.279><c> he</c><00:33:06.460><c> turned</c><00:33:06.640><c> off</c><00:33:06.859><c> the</c><00:33:06.980><c> light</c><00:33:07.119><c> when</c><00:33:07.259><c> I'm</c><00:33:07.440><c> in</c><00:33:07.539><c> the</c><00:33:07.660><c> bathroom.</c> 00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:15.900 Right?<00:33:13.240><c> This</c><00:33:13.359><c> is</c><00:33:13.519><c> how</c><00:33:13.640><c> kids</c><00:33:13.880><c> do</c><00:33:14.180><c> it,</c><00:33:14.960><c> right?</c> 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:19.299 We're<00:33:16.539><c> all</c><00:33:16.700><c> big</c><00:33:17.059><c> kids</c><00:33:17.460><c> kind</c><00:33:17.819><c> of,</c><00:33:18.339><c> okay?</c> 00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:25.940 So<00:33:22.859><c> we</c><00:33:23.420><c> have</c><00:33:23.700><c> hurts</c><00:33:23.980><c> on</c><00:33:24.279><c> one</c><00:33:24.559><c> side</c><00:33:24.839><c> and</c><00:33:25.039><c> we</c><00:33:25.059><c> kind</c><00:33:25.380><c> of</c><00:33:25.559><c> get</c><00:33:25.720><c> some</c> 00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.220 of<00:33:26.000><c> those</c><00:33:26.319><c> hurts.</c> 00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:29.440 You<00:33:27.380><c> know,</c><00:33:27.759><c> we're</c><00:33:27.960><c> not</c><00:33:28.119><c> forgiving</c><00:33:28.380><c> those</c><00:33:28.720><c> things,</c><00:33:29.039><c> no</c><00:33:29.259><c> way.</c> 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:32.940 It<00:33:29.680><c> goes</c><00:33:29.839><c> to</c><00:33:30.039><c> Ari,</c><00:33:30.859><c> I'm</c><00:33:31.180><c> holding</c><00:33:31.380><c> on</c><00:33:31.599><c> to</c><00:33:31.740><c> these</c><00:33:31.940><c> things.</c> 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.380 I'm<00:33:34.519><c> going</c><00:33:34.519><c> to</c><00:33:34.599><c> nurse</c><00:33:34.759><c> that</c><00:33:35.079><c> hurt.</c> 00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:37.180 When<00:33:35.700><c> I</c><00:33:35.880><c> nurse</c><00:33:36.039><c> that</c><00:33:36.200><c> hurt</c><00:33:36.380><c> it</c><00:33:36.559><c> becomes</c><00:33:36.700><c> resentment.</c> 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:40.259 And<00:33:37.779><c> by</c><00:33:37.920><c> the</c><00:33:38.119><c> way,</c><00:33:38.380><c> now</c><00:33:38.599><c> I</c><00:33:38.680><c> can</c><00:33:38.880><c> turn</c><00:33:39.000><c> the</c><00:33:39.200><c> light</c><00:33:39.339><c> off</c><00:33:39.539><c> on</c><00:33:39.619><c> my</c><00:33:39.880><c> brother</c><00:33:40.099><c> in</c> 00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:42.440 the<00:33:40.420><c> bathroom</c><00:33:40.700><c> for</c><00:33:41.099><c> sure,</c><00:33:41.700><c> you</c><00:33:41.920><c> know?</c> 00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:46.759 Because<00:33:43.160><c> he</c><00:33:43.400><c> did</c><00:33:43.519><c> it</c><00:33:43.660><c> to</c><00:33:43.680><c> me,</c><00:33:43.900><c> I</c><00:33:44.119><c> can</c><00:33:44.279><c> do</c><00:33:44.339><c> it</c><00:33:44.460><c> to</c><00:33:44.599><c> him</c><00:33:44.819><c> and</c><00:33:45.200><c> suddenly</c><00:33:45.640><c> it's</c><00:33:45.940><c> even.</c> 00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.819 Okay? 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:54.240 Alright,<00:33:51.700><c> that's</c><00:33:52.140><c> how</c><00:33:52.980><c> children</c><00:33:53.359><c> think.</c> 00:33:55.779 --> 00:34:01.259 How<00:33:56.000><c> do</c><00:33:56.160><c> you</c><00:33:56.279><c> think</c><00:33:56.480><c> Tamar's</c><00:33:57.319><c> balance</c><00:33:58.259><c> looked</c><00:33:58.940><c> at</c><00:33:59.960><c> around</c><00:34:00.259><c> verse</c><00:34:00.720><c> 11</c> 00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.900 of<00:34:01.680><c> chapter</c><00:34:01.960><c> 38?</c> 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:26.860 Let's<00:34:22.320><c> just</c><00:34:22.480><c> look</c><00:34:22.800><c> at</c><00:34:23.059><c> a</c><00:34:23.219><c> few</c><00:34:23.500><c> of</c><00:34:24.920><c> Tamar's</c><00:34:26.019><c> increasingly</c><00:34:26.260><c> pile</c> 00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.059 of<00:34:27.119><c> hurts.</c> 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:32.380 She's<00:34:29.880><c> forced</c><00:34:30.159><c> to</c><00:34:30.380><c> marry</c><00:34:30.539><c> Ur,</c><00:34:31.019><c> an</c><00:34:31.260><c> evil</c><00:34:31.440><c> man.</c> 00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:36.960 Her<00:34:33.460><c> husband</c><00:34:33.920><c> dies</c><00:34:34.820><c> leaving</c><00:34:35.420><c> her</c><00:34:35.659><c> no</c><00:34:35.880><c> children.</c> 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:38.440 She's<00:34:37.559><c> blamed.</c> 00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:44.159 She's<00:34:39.820><c> given</c><00:34:39.960><c> another</c><00:34:40.300><c> husband</c><00:34:40.760><c> who</c><00:34:42.179><c> completely</c><00:34:43.119><c> dishonors</c><00:34:43.739><c> her,</c> 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:47.619 who<00:34:44.500><c> has</c><00:34:44.760><c> a</c><00:34:45.099><c> plan</c><00:34:45.480><c> basically</c><00:34:46.300><c> to</c><00:34:46.599><c> sleep</c><00:34:46.760><c> with</c><00:34:46.980><c> her</c><00:34:47.300><c> but</c><00:34:47.500><c> give</c> 00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:50.659 her<00:34:47.820><c> no</c><00:34:48.000><c> security</c><00:34:48.539><c> and</c><00:34:48.940><c> then</c><00:34:49.199><c> dump</c><00:34:49.360><c> her.</c> 00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:53.159 That's<00:34:51.860><c> Onan's</c><00:34:52.300><c> plan.</c> 00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:56.119 She<00:34:53.639><c> has</c><00:34:53.880><c> to</c><00:34:53.960><c> suffer</c><00:34:54.199><c> through</c><00:34:54.460><c> that</c><00:34:54.820><c> and</c><00:34:55.000><c> then</c><00:34:55.119><c> he</c><00:34:55.360><c> dies</c><00:34:55.800><c> and</c> 00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:57.739 she's<00:34:56.500><c> blamed</c><00:34:56.719><c> again.</c> 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:05.400 She's<00:35:00.519><c> forced</c><00:35:00.780><c> to</c><00:35:00.960><c> go</c><00:35:01.099><c> home</c><00:35:01.699><c> and</c><00:35:02.639><c> her</c><00:35:02.860><c> family</c><00:35:03.199><c> don't</c><00:35:03.500><c> want</c><00:35:03.679><c> her.</c> 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:09.039 And<00:35:06.280><c> then</c><00:35:06.440><c> she's</c><00:35:06.800><c> denied</c><00:35:07.420><c> a</c><00:35:07.860><c> kinsman</c><00:35:08.199><c> redeemer.</c> 00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.679 You<00:35:13.300><c> know</c><00:35:13.460><c> what?</c> 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:16.239 Judah<00:35:13.900><c> was</c><00:35:14.280><c> faced</c><00:35:14.679><c> with</c><00:35:15.320><c> his</c><00:35:15.599><c> own</c><00:35:15.880><c> hurts.</c> 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:21.920 He<00:35:16.920><c> used</c><00:35:17.360><c> self</c><00:35:17.780><c>-justification</c><00:35:18.719><c> to</c><00:35:19.440><c> balance</c><00:35:19.800><c> the</c><00:35:20.119><c> scale</c><00:35:20.519><c> and</c> 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.420 he<00:35:22.179><c> sold</c><00:35:22.420><c> Joseph</c><00:35:22.900><c> into</c><00:35:23.079><c> slavery.</c> 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:25.380 That<00:35:23.659><c> was</c><00:35:23.840><c> his</c><00:35:24.019><c> idea</c><00:35:24.400><c> of</c><00:35:24.659><c> making</c><00:35:24.940><c> it</c><00:35:25.159><c> even.</c> 00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:27.559 He<00:35:26.320><c> sold</c><00:35:26.619><c> Joseph</c><00:35:26.980><c> into</c><00:35:27.179><c> slavery.</c> 00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:30.940 That<00:35:28.079><c> was</c><00:35:28.239><c> his</c><00:35:28.400><c> way</c><00:35:28.539><c> of</c><00:35:28.659><c> making</c><00:35:28.900><c> things</c><00:35:29.219><c> right</c><00:35:29.579><c> in</c><00:35:29.760><c> his</c><00:35:29.940><c> own</c><00:35:30.159><c> odds.</c> 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:33.480 But<00:35:31.800><c> we</c><00:35:31.900><c> know</c><00:35:32.079><c> that</c><00:35:32.340><c> Joseph</c><00:35:32.579><c> was</c><00:35:32.940><c> not</c><00:35:33.219><c> right.</c> 00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:36.059 That<00:35:34.139><c> selling</c><00:35:34.539><c> Joseph</c><00:35:34.920><c> into</c><00:35:35.119><c> slavery</c><00:35:35.300><c> was</c><00:35:35.579><c> not</c><00:35:35.820><c> right,</c><00:35:36.019><c> it</c> 00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.500 was<00:35:36.300><c> evil.</c> 00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:39.920 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and</c><00:35:53.219><c> I</c><00:35:53.320><c> hope</c><00:35:53.440><c> you</c><00:35:53.679><c> are,</c> 00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:58.260 let's<00:35:55.400><c> just</c><00:35:55.519><c> look</c><00:35:55.659><c> at</c><00:35:55.780><c> the</c><00:35:55.960><c> law</c><00:35:56.519><c> of</c><00:35:56.840><c> the</c><00:35:56.980><c> kinsman</c><00:35:57.300><c> redeemer</c><00:35:57.860><c> as</c> 00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:59.539 recorded<00:35:58.579><c> in</c><00:35:58.760><c> Deuteronomy.</c> 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:03.860 Let's<00:36:00.880><c> look</c><00:36:01.079><c> at</c><00:36:01.219><c> verses</c><00:36:01.539><c> 7</c><00:36:02.079><c> through</c><00:36:02.360><c> 10.</c> 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:08.980 What<00:36:04.139><c> were</c><00:36:04.340><c> the</c><00:36:04.579><c> rights</c><00:36:04.880><c> available</c><00:36:05.820><c> to</c><00:36:06.219><c> Tamar</c><00:36:06.880><c> at</c><00:36:07.619><c> the</c><00:36:07.840><c> time?</c> 00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:16.639 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read</c><00:36:25.659><c> brother's</c><00:36:26.059><c> wife,</c> 00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:29.960 then<00:36:26.719><c> let</c><00:36:26.920><c> his</c><00:36:27.219><c> brother's</c><00:36:27.760><c> wife</c><00:36:28.099><c> go</c><00:36:28.659><c> up</c><00:36:28.960><c> to</c><00:36:29.139><c> the</c><00:36:29.360><c> gate</c><00:36:29.599><c> unto</c> 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.679 the<00:36:30.239><c> elders</c><00:36:30.460><c> and</c><00:36:30.800><c> say,</c> 00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:37.199 My<00:36:32.019><c> husband's</c><00:36:32.780><c> brother</c><00:36:33.440><c> refuseth</c><00:36:34.480><c> to</c><00:36:34.980><c> raise</c><00:36:35.400><c> up</c><00:36:35.840><c> unto</c><00:36:36.139><c> his</c><00:36:36.599><c> brother</c><00:36:36.960><c> a</c> 00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.920 name<00:36:37.360><c> in</c><00:36:37.599><c> Israel.</c> 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:42.760 He<00:36:38.440><c> will</c><00:36:38.840><c> not</c><00:36:39.139><c> perform</c><00:36:39.659><c> the</c><00:36:39.960><c> duty</c><00:36:40.360><c> of</c><00:36:41.000><c> my</c><00:36:41.280><c> husband's</c><00:36:41.940><c> brother.</c> 00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:48.139 Then<00:36:45.000><c> the</c><00:36:45.239><c> elders</c><00:36:45.619><c> of</c><00:36:45.920><c> his</c><00:36:46.199><c> city</c><00:36:46.440><c> shall</c><00:36:46.699><c> call</c><00:36:47.039><c> him</c><00:36:47.500><c> and</c><00:36:47.880><c> speak</c> 00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:49.000 unto<00:36:48.400><c> him,</c> 00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:54.699 and<00:36:49.400><c> if</c><00:36:49.539><c> he</c><00:36:49.840><c> stand</c><00:36:50.059><c> to</c><00:36:50.320><c> it</c><00:36:51.099><c> and</c><00:36:51.659><c> say,</c><00:36:52.380><c> I</c><00:36:52.380><c> like</c><00:36:52.719><c> not</c><00:36:52.980><c> to</c><00:36:53.199><c> take</c><00:36:53.340><c> her,</c> 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:59.940 then<00:36:55.360><c> shall</c><00:36:55.679><c> his</c><00:36:55.980><c> brother's</c><00:36:56.460><c> wife</c><00:36:56.920><c> come</c><00:36:57.460><c> unto</c><00:36:57.719><c> him</c><00:36:58.159><c> in</c><00:36:58.739><c> the</c><00:36:59.179><c> presence</c><00:36:59.579><c> of</c> 00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:01.099 the<00:37:00.199><c> elders,</c> 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:07.760 and<00:37:01.480><c> loose</c><00:37:01.860><c> his</c><00:37:02.539><c> shoe</c><00:37:02.940><c> from</c><00:37:03.420><c> off</c><00:37:03.719><c> his</c><00:37:04.019><c> foot,</c><00:37:04.820><c> and</c><00:37:05.019><c> spit</c><00:37:05.440><c> in</c><00:37:05.780><c> his</c><00:37:06.300><c> face,</c> 00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:14.519 and<00:37:09.619><c> shall</c><00:37:09.880><c> answer</c><00:37:10.360><c> and</c><00:37:10.699><c> say,</c><00:37:11.500><c> So</c><00:37:11.699><c> shall</c><00:37:11.980><c> it</c><00:37:12.159><c> be</c><00:37:12.420><c> done</c><00:37:12.599><c> unto</c><00:37:12.800><c> the</c><00:37:13.079><c> man</c><00:37:13.300><c> that</c><00:37:13.420><c> will</c><00:37:13.719><c> not</c><00:37:14.019><c> build</c><00:37:14.179><c> up</c> 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:16.079 his<00:37:14.960><c> brother's</c><00:37:15.420><c> house,</c> 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:20.519 and<00:37:16.840><c> his</c><00:37:17.280><c> name</c><00:37:17.679><c> shall</c><00:37:17.960><c> be</c><00:37:18.219><c> called</c><00:37:18.400><c> in</c><00:37:18.659><c> Israel</c><00:37:19.139><c> the</c><00:37:19.880><c> house</c><00:37:20.300><c> of</c> 00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:23.760 him<00:37:21.019><c> that</c><00:37:21.639><c> hath</c><00:37:22.019><c> his</c><00:37:22.539><c> shoe</c><00:37:22.860><c> loosed.</c> 00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:33.599 The<00:37:29.440><c> law</c><00:37:29.860><c> says</c><00:37:30.360><c> that</c><00:37:30.900><c> the</c><00:37:31.139><c> woman</c><00:37:31.320><c> denied</c><00:37:31.719><c> a</c><00:37:32.000><c> kinsman</c><00:37:32.340><c> redeemer</c> 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:39.340 could<00:37:34.300><c> spit</c><00:37:34.880><c> in</c><00:37:35.400><c> the</c><00:37:35.840><c> face</c><00:37:36.500><c> of</c><00:37:37.420><c> her</c><00:37:38.179><c> denier,</c> 00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:42.460 and<00:37:39.840><c> say,</c><00:37:40.300><c> So</c><00:37:40.360><c> shall</c><00:37:40.599><c> it</c><00:37:40.820><c> be</c><00:37:40.820><c> done</c><00:37:41.000><c> unto</c><00:37:41.199><c> the</c><00:37:41.400><c> man</c><00:37:41.980><c> that</c><00:37:42.179><c> will</c> 00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.840 not<00:37:42.699><c> build</c><00:37:42.860><c> up</c><00:37:43.039><c> his</c><00:37:43.159><c> father's</c><00:37:43.579><c> house,</c> 00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:50.340 and<00:37:44.260><c> then</c><00:37:44.420><c> that</c><00:37:44.739><c> man's</c><00:37:45.460><c> name</c><00:37:45.920><c> would</c><00:37:46.340><c> be</c><00:37:46.719><c> a</c><00:37:46.840><c> shame,</c><00:37:49.300><c> would</c><00:37:49.719><c> be</c><00:37:49.980><c> a</c> 00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:52.920 shame<00:37:50.840><c> for</c><00:37:51.699><c> what</c><00:37:51.860><c> he</c><00:37:52.079><c> done.</c> 00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:57.679 That<00:37:53.860><c> he</c><00:37:54.079><c> be</c><00:37:54.360><c> called</c><00:37:54.659><c> the</c><00:37:55.159><c> man</c><00:37:55.780><c> whose</c><00:37:56.179><c> shoe</c><00:37:56.400><c> was</c><00:37:56.719><c> loosed,</c><00:37:57.539><c> and</c> 00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:59.380 that's<00:37:58.000><c> not</c><00:37:58.260><c> a</c><00:37:58.480><c> compliment.</c> 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:05.280 Now<00:38:02.639><c> it's</c><00:38:02.820><c> very</c><00:38:03.179><c> likely</c><00:38:03.460><c> a</c><00:38:03.679><c> similar</c><00:38:03.940><c> law</c><00:38:04.219><c> or</c><00:38:04.280><c> tradition</c><00:38:04.579><c> existed</c><00:38:05.019><c> in</c> 00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:06.059 Tamar's<00:38:05.800><c> day,</c> 00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:10.900 which<00:38:06.440><c> is</c><00:38:06.579><c> why</c><00:38:06.820><c> Judah</c><00:38:07.079><c> gave</c><00:38:07.460><c> Onan</c><00:38:08.139><c> to</c><00:38:08.539><c> Tamar</c><00:38:09.139><c> in</c><00:38:09.559><c> the</c><00:38:09.699><c> first</c><00:38:09.900><c> place.</c> 00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:14.119 And<00:38:11.519><c> let's</c><00:38:11.719><c> assume</c><00:38:11.960><c> there</c><00:38:12.139><c> was</c><00:38:12.400><c> a</c><00:38:12.559><c> similar</c><00:38:12.739><c> law</c><00:38:12.980><c> available</c><00:38:13.400><c> to</c><00:38:13.619><c> Tamar.</c> 00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:16.619 Do<00:38:14.679><c> you</c><00:38:14.780><c> know</c><00:38:14.880><c> what</c><00:38:15.039><c> would</c><00:38:15.099><c> be</c><00:38:15.219><c> the</c><00:38:15.500><c> best</c><00:38:15.840><c> part</c><00:38:16.099><c> about</c><00:38:16.360><c> that?</c> 00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:19.960 The<00:38:16.940><c> best</c><00:38:17.260><c> part,</c><00:38:17.500><c> if</c><00:38:17.659><c> there</c><00:38:17.840><c> was</c><00:38:18.039><c> a</c><00:38:18.159><c> law</c><00:38:18.300><c> like</c><00:38:18.579><c> that</c><00:38:18.719><c> for</c><00:38:18.900><c> Tamar,</c> 00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:26.619 is<00:38:21.559><c> that</c><00:38:21.800><c> getting</c><00:38:22.119><c> even</c><00:38:23.340><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:25.500><c> be</c><00:38:25.820><c> sin.</c> 00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:36.940 It'd<00:38:29.360><c> be</c><00:38:29.940><c> legal.</c><00:38:33.179><c> It</c><00:38:34.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:34.639><c> even</c><00:38:35.179><c> be</c><00:38:36.059><c> sin.</c> 00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:42.360 Getting<00:38:37.820><c> even,</c><00:38:39.019><c> spitting</c><00:38:39.539><c> in</c><00:38:39.860><c> Shelah's</c><00:38:40.360><c> face</c><00:38:40.559><c> or</c><00:38:40.780><c> Judah's</c><00:38:41.159><c> face,</c> 00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:46.719 shaming<00:38:42.760><c> him</c><00:38:43.059><c> publicly</c><00:38:43.440><c> among</c><00:38:43.760><c> the</c><00:38:44.019><c> elders,</c><00:38:44.880><c> it</c><00:38:45.239><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:45.639><c> even</c><00:38:46.059><c> be</c><00:38:46.460><c> sin.</c> 00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:48.960 It's<00:38:47.480><c> the</c><00:38:47.719><c> law.</c> 00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:56.480 She<00:38:53.619><c> could</c><00:38:53.940><c> shame</c><00:38:54.320><c> Judah.</c><00:38:54.960><c> She</c><00:38:55.099><c> could</c><00:38:55.400><c> vindicate</c><00:38:55.980><c> her</c><00:38:56.300><c> name.</c> 00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:59.679 She<00:38:56.900><c> could</c><00:38:57.179><c> clear</c><00:38:57.460><c> a</c><00:38:57.719><c> path</c><00:38:57.880><c> to</c><00:38:58.039><c> at</c><00:38:58.039><c> least</c><00:38:58.300><c> marry</c><00:38:58.619><c> someone,</c> 00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:03.780 and<00:39:01.559><c> not</c><00:39:01.760><c> just</c><00:39:02.019><c> live</c><00:39:02.199><c> out</c><00:39:02.360><c> her</c><00:39:02.579><c> days</c><00:39:02.739><c> as</c><00:39:02.960><c> a</c><00:39:03.059><c> widow.</c> 00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:07.199 She<00:39:04.500><c> could</c><00:39:04.679><c> make</c><00:39:04.960><c> Judah</c><00:39:05.280><c> feel</c><00:39:05.519><c> unclean</c><00:39:06.019><c> and</c><00:39:06.219><c> ashamed.</c> 00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:11.099 And<00:39:09.400><c> she</c><00:39:09.559><c> didn't.</c> 00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:17.659 Well,<00:39:14.519><c> why</c><00:39:14.780><c> not?</c><00:39:16.420><c> Why</c><00:39:16.619><c> not?</c> 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:21.599 How<00:39:18.820><c> is</c><00:39:19.039><c> it</c><00:39:19.159><c> that</c><00:39:19.320><c> in</c><00:39:19.480><c> the</c><00:39:19.559><c> face</c><00:39:19.739><c> of</c><00:39:20.039><c> so</c><00:39:20.239><c> much</c><00:39:20.519><c> hurt,</c> 00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:26.840 Tamar<00:39:22.239><c> didn't</c><00:39:22.480><c> even</c><00:39:22.840><c> enforce</c><00:39:23.320><c> her</c><00:39:23.940><c> legal</c><00:39:24.460><c> rights</c><00:39:25.059><c> to</c><00:39:25.880><c> get</c><00:39:26.079><c> even?</c> 00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:30.599 The<00:39:27.679><c> answer</c><00:39:27.980><c> must</c><00:39:28.239><c> be,</c><00:39:29.059><c> it</c><00:39:29.219><c> must</c><00:39:29.599><c> be,</c> 00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:35.880 that<00:39:30.840><c> she</c><00:39:31.119><c> was</c><00:39:31.460><c> loyal</c><00:39:32.000><c> to</c><00:39:32.860><c> her</c><00:39:33.079><c> husband's</c><00:39:33.699><c> family</c><00:39:34.239><c> and</c><00:39:35.619><c> to</c> 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:37.260 Judah<00:39:36.019><c> himself.</c> 00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:40.639 Judah<00:39:38.099><c> was</c><00:39:38.340><c> now,</c><00:39:39.300><c> whether</c><00:39:39.699><c> she</c><00:39:40.019><c> liked</c><00:39:40.159><c> it</c><00:39:40.260><c> or</c><00:39:40.300><c> not,</c> 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:44.179 Judah<00:39:41.000><c> was</c><00:39:41.239><c> now</c><00:39:41.460><c> the</c><00:39:41.800><c> head</c><00:39:42.239><c> of</c><00:39:42.500><c> her</c><00:39:42.719><c> house.</c> 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.780 Judah<00:39:45.340><c> was</c><00:39:45.639><c> her</c><00:39:45.920><c> lord.</c> 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.659 She<00:39:48.539><c> would</c><00:39:48.840><c> not</c><00:39:49.079><c> shame</c><00:39:49.360><c> him.</c> 00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:52.199 To<00:39:50.039><c> shame</c><00:39:50.320><c> Judah</c><00:39:50.699><c> would</c><00:39:50.940><c> be</c><00:39:51.079><c> to</c><00:39:51.320><c> shame</c><00:39:51.500><c> herself,</c> 00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:55.380 because<00:39:52.659><c> she's</c><00:39:53.039><c> a</c><00:39:53.139><c> member</c><00:39:53.639><c> of</c><00:39:54.099><c> Judah's</c><00:39:54.460><c> family.</c> 00:39:57.099 --> 00:40:00.300 You<00:39:57.559><c> wonder</c><00:39:57.719><c> if</c><00:39:57.900><c> Judah</c><00:39:58.199><c> spared</c><00:39:58.719><c> a</c><00:39:59.179><c> thought</c><00:39:59.340><c> like</c><00:39:59.659><c> this</c><00:39:59.940><c> before</c> 00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:02.179 he<00:40:00.659><c> lied</c><00:40:00.980><c> to</c><00:40:01.300><c> Jacob,</c> 00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:04.440 that<00:40:02.440><c> Jacob</c><00:40:02.699><c> was</c><00:40:02.920><c> the</c><00:40:03.059><c> head</c><00:40:03.159><c> of</c><00:40:03.219><c> his</c><00:40:03.500><c> family.</c> 00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:10.460 So<00:40:06.739><c> simply</c><00:40:07.219><c> observe</c><00:40:07.539><c> for</c><00:40:07.780><c> a</c><00:40:07.960><c> moment</c><00:40:08.300><c> that</c><00:40:09.039><c> Judah</c><00:40:09.320><c> and</c><00:40:09.719><c> Tamar</c> 00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:12.840 are<00:40:11.079><c> poles</c><00:40:11.699><c> apart.</c> 00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:15.940 They've<00:40:14.300><c> both</c><00:40:14.460><c> been</c><00:40:14.760><c> hurt,</c> 00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:22.019 but<00:40:18.219><c> they've</c><00:40:18.559><c> reacted</c><00:40:18.900><c> to</c><00:40:19.159><c> that</c><00:40:19.340><c> hurt</c><00:40:20.079><c> very</c><00:40:21.039><c> differently.</c> 00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:24.480 Can<00:40:22.420><c> we</c><00:40:22.539><c> just</c><00:40:22.760><c> observe</c><00:40:23.099><c> that</c><00:40:23.320><c> for</c><00:40:23.480><c> a</c><00:40:23.639><c> moment?</c> 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:28.559 Both<00:40:24.880><c> Judah</c><00:40:25.199><c> and</c><00:40:25.539><c> Tamar</c><00:40:26.300><c> have</c><00:40:26.739><c> both</c><00:40:27.099><c> been</c><00:40:27.400><c> hurt,</c> 00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:34.139 but<00:40:29.960><c> they've</c><00:40:30.300><c> reacted</c><00:40:30.659><c> to</c><00:40:30.900><c> that</c><00:40:31.159><c> hurt</c><00:40:31.579><c> very</c><00:40:33.099><c> differently.</c> 00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:38.920 You<00:40:37.260><c> know</c><00:40:37.480><c> what</c><00:40:37.699><c> Tamar's</c><00:40:38.260><c> name</c><00:40:38.500><c> means?</c> 00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:41.300 Do<00:40:39.139><c> you</c><00:40:39.159><c> know</c><00:40:39.260><c> what</c><00:40:39.340><c> it</c><00:40:39.340><c> means?</c><00:40:39.679><c> You've</c><00:40:39.920><c> got</c><00:40:39.920><c> to</c><00:40:40.019><c> write</c><00:40:40.199><c> this</c><00:40:40.440><c> down.</c> 00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:44.099 It<00:40:42.199><c> means</c><00:40:42.599><c> palm</c><00:40:43.239><c> tree.</c> 00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:47.019 And<00:40:45.219><c> it</c><00:40:45.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:45.480><c> just</c><00:40:45.659><c> be</c><00:40:45.800><c> any</c><00:40:46.119><c> palm</c><00:40:46.340><c> tree.</c><00:40:46.559><c> Do</c><00:40:46.599><c> you</c><00:40:46.599><c> know</c><00:40:46.699><c> what</c><00:40:46.760><c> kind</c><00:40:46.880><c> of</c> 00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.380 palm<00:40:47.219><c> tree</c><00:40:47.400><c> it</c><00:40:47.539><c> was?</c> 00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:52.340 It<00:40:50.840><c> was</c><00:40:51.039><c> a</c><00:40:51.239><c> date</c><00:40:51.440><c> palm.</c> 00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:57.440 And<00:40:55.159><c> do</c><00:40:55.239><c> you</c><00:40:55.280><c> know</c><00:40:55.320><c> what</c><00:40:55.420><c> made</c><00:40:55.579><c> a</c><00:40:55.800><c> date</c><00:40:56.019><c> palm</c><00:40:56.300><c> special?</c> 00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:01.619 And<00:41:00.719><c> prized?</c> 00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:07.980 Because<00:41:02.659><c> it</c><00:41:02.800><c> could</c><00:41:03.119><c> stand</c><00:41:03.780><c> in</c><00:41:05.059><c> the</c><00:41:05.280><c> midst</c><00:41:05.559><c> of</c><00:41:06.219><c> scorching</c><00:41:06.760><c> heat</c> 00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:12.260 and<00:41:09.500><c> produce</c><00:41:10.179><c> sweet</c><00:41:10.840><c> fruit.</c> 00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:18.400 Tamar's<00:41:15.260><c> name</c><00:41:15.760><c> is</c><00:41:16.900><c> no</c><00:41:17.099><c> accident.</c> 00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:27.099 How<00:41:23.960><c> many</c><00:41:24.219><c> years</c><00:41:24.519><c> passed</c><00:41:25.400><c> while</c><00:41:25.880><c> Tamar</c><00:41:26.300><c> waited</c><00:41:26.579><c> for</c><00:41:26.920><c> Sheila?</c> 00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.880 We<00:41:27.340><c> don't</c><00:41:27.639><c> know.</c> 00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:30.780 The<00:41:28.219><c> whole</c><00:41:28.500><c> story</c><00:41:28.679><c> fits</c><00:41:28.960><c> into</c><00:41:29.199><c> 22</c><00:41:29.539><c> years</c><00:41:29.880><c> though.</c> 00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:35.679 Judah<00:41:31.820><c> would</c><00:41:32.420><c> in</c><00:41:32.659><c> the</c><00:41:32.800><c> meantime</c><00:41:33.300><c> find</c><00:41:33.760><c> himself</c><00:41:34.579><c> in</c><00:41:35.179><c> a</c><00:41:35.380><c> trap</c><00:41:35.559><c> he</c> 00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:36.880 couldn't<00:41:35.920><c> spring</c> 00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:44.219 because<00:41:38.480><c> he</c><00:41:39.079><c> and</c><00:41:39.219><c> even</c><00:41:39.480><c> more</c><00:41:39.780><c> so</c><00:41:39.980><c> his</c><00:41:40.179><c> wife</c><00:41:40.480><c> probably</c><00:41:40.900><c> couldn't</c><00:41:41.280><c> risk</c><00:41:42.039><c> giving</c><00:41:42.400><c> their</c><00:41:42.719><c> last</c><00:41:43.019><c> son</c><00:41:43.239><c> to</c><00:41:43.539><c> Tamar,</c> 00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:48.039 yet<00:41:44.800><c> he</c><00:41:45.019><c> couldn't</c><00:41:45.360><c> marry</c><00:41:45.760><c> Sheila</c><00:41:45.980><c> to</c><00:41:46.219><c> anyone</c><00:41:46.460><c> else</c><00:41:46.800><c> while</c><00:41:46.960><c> Tamar</c><00:41:47.380><c> is</c><00:41:47.559><c> alive</c> 00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:52.000 because<00:41:48.519><c> then</c><00:41:49.179><c> he'd</c><00:41:49.719><c> be</c><00:41:49.820><c> known</c><00:41:50.000><c> as</c><00:41:50.139><c> the</c><00:41:50.280><c> guy</c><00:41:50.480><c> whose</c><00:41:50.699><c> shoe</c><00:41:50.840><c> was</c><00:41:51.059><c> loosed.</c> 00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:55.440 So<00:41:52.480><c> he</c><00:41:52.519><c> can't</c><00:41:53.099><c> marry</c><00:41:53.380><c> Sheila</c><00:41:53.699><c> to</c><00:41:53.880><c> anyone</c><00:41:54.119><c> else.</c> 00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:59.880 He<00:41:56.039><c> can't</c><00:41:56.920><c> risk</c><00:41:57.300><c> marrying</c><00:41:58.059><c> Sheila</c><00:41:58.500><c> to</c><00:41:58.719><c> Tamar.</c> 00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:05.019 So<00:42:03.320><c> he</c><00:42:03.840><c> just</c><00:42:04.059><c> had</c><00:42:04.179><c> to</c><00:42:04.360><c> wait</c><00:42:04.460><c> it</c><00:42:04.659><c> out.</c> 00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:07.699 And<00:42:05.500><c> he</c><00:42:05.780><c> probably</c><00:42:06.019><c> didn't</c><00:42:06.179><c> know</c><00:42:06.280><c> what</c><00:42:06.420><c> he</c><00:42:06.539><c> was</c><00:42:06.639><c> going</c><00:42:06.760><c> to</c><00:42:06.900><c> do.</c> 00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:13.539 So<00:42:08.820><c> Tamar</c><00:42:09.380><c> just</c><00:42:09.840><c> waited</c><00:42:10.019><c> and</c><00:42:10.400><c> languished</c><00:42:11.320><c> in</c><00:42:12.820><c> the</c><00:42:13.099><c> unwelcome</c> 00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:15.960 environment<00:42:14.039><c> of</c><00:42:14.159><c> her</c><00:42:14.300><c> family</c><00:42:14.659><c> home</c> 00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:19.639 until<00:42:17.000><c> two</c><00:42:17.320><c> things</c><00:42:17.619><c> occurred</c><00:42:18.059><c> that</c><00:42:18.320><c> sprung</c><00:42:18.579><c> her</c><00:42:18.820><c> into</c><00:42:19.039><c> some</c><00:42:19.280><c> action.</c> 00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:22.679 The<00:42:20.119><c> first</c><00:42:20.360><c> was</c><00:42:20.820><c> all</c><00:42:21.280><c> hope</c><00:42:21.460><c> of</c><00:42:21.699><c> Judah</c><00:42:21.820><c> doing</c><00:42:22.019><c> the</c><00:42:22.219><c> right</c><00:42:22.440><c> thing</c> 00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:23.920 was<00:42:22.920><c> lost.</c> 00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:26.760 And<00:42:24.840><c> secondly,</c><00:42:25.380><c> Judah's</c><00:42:25.639><c> wife</c><00:42:25.840><c> died.</c> 00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:32.059 So<00:42:29.300><c> what</c><00:42:29.579><c> Tamar</c><00:42:29.920><c> is</c><00:42:30.139><c> looking</c><00:42:30.380><c> for</c><00:42:30.639><c> by</c><00:42:30.840><c> the</c><00:42:31.000><c> way</c><00:42:31.239><c> is</c><00:42:31.440><c> she's</c><00:42:31.659><c> looking</c><00:42:31.840><c> for</c> 00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:33.059 a<00:42:32.219><c> kinsman</c><00:42:32.519><c> redeemer.</c> 00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:34.940 That's<00:42:33.780><c> what</c><00:42:33.860><c> she</c><00:42:34.059><c> wants.</c> 00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:40.219 A<00:42:35.519><c> man</c><00:42:35.820><c> from</c><00:42:36.099><c> the</c><00:42:36.380><c> house</c><00:42:36.780><c> of</c><00:42:37.019><c> Judah</c><00:42:37.260><c> to</c><00:42:37.800><c> be</c><00:42:38.139><c> a</c><00:42:38.460><c> kinsman</c><00:42:39.039><c> redeemer.</c> 00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:44.619 A<00:42:40.619><c> man</c><00:42:41.059><c> that</c><00:42:41.539><c> could</c><00:42:41.800><c> raise</c><00:42:42.139><c> up</c><00:42:42.360><c> a</c><00:42:42.619><c> seed</c><00:42:42.860><c> for</c><00:42:43.539><c> each</c><00:42:44.000><c> of</c><00:42:44.139><c> her</c><00:42:44.380><c> two</c> 00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.820 dead<00:42:44.840><c> husbands.</c> 00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:51.280 It<00:42:47.699><c> was</c><00:42:47.980><c> clear</c><00:42:48.440><c> that</c><00:42:49.059><c> Judah</c><00:42:49.260><c> would</c><00:42:49.619><c> not</c><00:42:50.239><c> allow</c><00:42:50.659><c> Sheila</c><00:42:51.000><c> to</c> 00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:52.440 perform<00:42:51.500><c> this</c><00:42:51.780><c> duty</c><00:42:52.159><c> knowingly.</c> 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:57.920 It<00:42:53.440><c> was</c><00:42:53.960><c> also</c><00:42:54.300><c> clear</c><00:42:54.780><c> that</c><00:42:55.760><c> she</c><00:42:55.940><c> was</c><00:42:56.219><c> unwilling</c><00:42:56.840><c> due</c><00:42:57.500><c> to</c><00:42:57.699><c> her</c> 00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:00.380 deep<00:42:58.179><c> loyalty</c><00:42:58.699><c> to</c><00:42:58.920><c> the</c><00:42:59.079><c> house</c><00:42:59.380><c> of</c><00:42:59.639><c> Judah</c> 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:05.320 to<00:43:01.320><c> bring</c><00:43:01.780><c> Judah</c><00:43:02.119><c> into</c><00:43:02.559><c> open</c><00:43:02.980><c> shame</c><00:43:03.460><c> and</c><00:43:03.659><c> disrepute.</c> 00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:09.800 So<00:43:06.239><c> her</c><00:43:06.460><c> option</c><00:43:06.860><c> is</c><00:43:07.159><c> basically</c><00:43:07.820><c> to</c><00:43:08.260><c> make</c><00:43:08.500><c> Judah</c><00:43:08.820><c> play</c><00:43:09.139><c> the</c><00:43:09.380><c> role</c><00:43:09.619><c> of</c> 00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:13.679 kinsman<00:43:10.139><c> redeemer</c><00:43:11.360><c> unwittingly</c><00:43:12.719><c> by</c><00:43:13.099><c> trickery.</c> 00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:17.260 And<00:43:14.219><c> then</c><00:43:14.480><c> pray</c><00:43:14.960><c> by</c><00:43:15.659><c> Judah's</c><00:43:16.099><c> God</c><00:43:16.420><c> that</c><00:43:16.659><c> Judah</c><00:43:16.840><c> would</c><00:43:17.019><c> do</c><00:43:17.139><c> the</c> 00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:18.420 right<00:43:17.480><c> thing.</c> 00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:22.679 The<00:43:20.219><c> record</c><00:43:20.500><c> says</c><00:43:20.739><c> in</c><00:43:20.960><c> Genesis</c><00:43:21.199><c> 38</c><00:43:21.679><c> verse</c><00:43:21.920><c> 12,</c> 00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:28.219 and<00:43:23.199><c> in</c><00:43:23.260><c> the</c><00:43:23.500><c> process</c><00:43:23.820><c> of</c><00:43:24.119><c> time</c><00:43:25.039><c> the</c><00:43:26.500><c> daughter</c><00:43:26.900><c> of</c><00:43:27.219><c> Shewa,</c> 00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:30.219 Judah's<00:43:28.840><c> wife</c><00:43:29.079><c> died.</c> 00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:34.800 And<00:43:30.699><c> Judah</c><00:43:30.820><c> was</c><00:43:31.159><c> comforted</c><00:43:31.500><c> and</c><00:43:31.639><c> went</c><00:43:31.900><c> up</c><00:43:32.300><c> to</c><00:43:32.539><c> his</c><00:43:32.739><c> sheep</c><00:43:33.059><c> shears</c><00:43:33.500><c> to</c><00:43:34.039><c> Timnath,</c> 00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:39.239 he<00:43:35.739><c> and</c><00:43:36.159><c> his</c><00:43:36.500><c> friend</c><00:43:36.780><c> Hira</c><00:43:37.460><c> the</c><00:43:38.059><c> Adulamite.</c> 00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:43.340 So<00:43:39.900><c> it</c><00:43:40.059><c> seems</c><00:43:40.260><c> unlikely,</c><00:43:41.719><c> I</c><00:43:42.260><c> can't</c><00:43:42.699><c> tell</c><00:43:42.820><c> you</c><00:43:42.920><c> for</c><00:43:43.179><c> certain,</c> 00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:45.539 but<00:43:43.519><c> it</c><00:43:43.659><c> just</c><00:43:43.760><c> seems</c><00:43:43.900><c> unlikely</c><00:43:44.340><c> that</c><00:43:44.519><c> this</c><00:43:44.679><c> is</c><00:43:44.900><c> Judah's</c><00:43:45.280><c> first</c> 00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:48.019 time<00:43:46.400><c> seeing</c><00:43:46.820><c> a</c><00:43:47.039><c> prostitute.</c> 00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:52.880 Because<00:43:49.719><c> I</c><00:43:50.239><c> can't</c><00:43:50.599><c> imagine</c><00:43:51.400><c> that</c><00:43:52.000><c> Tamar</c><00:43:52.260><c> would</c><00:43:52.440><c> have</c><00:43:52.559><c> any</c> 00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:54.880 confidence<00:43:53.280><c> this</c><00:43:53.639><c> plan</c><00:43:53.820><c> would</c><00:43:54.099><c> work</c> 00:43:54.880 --> 00:44:03.739 unless<00:43:56.159><c> she</c><00:43:56.519><c> knew</c><00:43:57.320><c> that</c><00:43:58.000><c> Judah</c><00:43:58.320><c> was,</c><00:43:59.679><c> at</c><00:43:59.699><c> least</c><00:43:59.920><c> after</c><00:44:00.179><c> his</c><00:44:00.360><c> wife</c><00:44:00.579><c> died,</c><00:44:01.880><c> getting</c><00:44:02.139><c> comforted</c><00:44:03.380><c> by</c> 00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:05.820 seeing<00:44:04.000><c> prostitutes.</c> 00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:13.780 And<00:44:09.400><c> further</c><00:44:10.000><c> Tamar</c><00:44:11.039><c> would</c><00:44:11.260><c> have</c><00:44:11.380><c> known</c><00:44:11.619><c> that</c><00:44:11.880><c> Timnath</c><00:44:12.320><c> is</c><00:44:12.539><c> the</c><00:44:12.699><c> place</c><00:44:12.840><c> you</c><00:44:13.099><c> go</c> 00:44:13.780 --> 00:44:15.599 to<00:44:14.199><c> see</c><00:44:14.340><c> a</c><00:44:14.579><c> prostitute.</c> 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:19.480 See,<00:44:16.559><c> Judah</c><00:44:16.860><c> was</c><00:44:17.119><c> going</c><00:44:17.619><c> to</c><00:44:18.000><c> his</c><00:44:18.219><c> sheep</c><00:44:18.480><c> shears.</c> 00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:23.380 This<00:44:19.820><c> might</c><00:44:20.099><c> have</c><00:44:20.320><c> been</c><00:44:20.360><c> the</c><00:44:20.559><c> time</c><00:44:21.360><c> that</c><00:44:21.820><c> wool</c><00:44:21.960><c> was</c><00:44:22.300><c> shorn.</c> 00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:29.119 And<00:44:23.659><c> that</c><00:44:23.760><c> would</c><00:44:23.880><c> have</c><00:44:23.960><c> been</c><00:44:24.059><c> a</c><00:44:24.179><c> time</c><00:44:24.300><c> of</c><00:44:24.480><c> money</c><00:44:25.099><c> and</c><00:44:26.199><c> prosperity</c><00:44:26.900><c> and</c><00:44:28.500><c> probably</c><00:44:28.800><c> some</c> 00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:30.840 concupiscence<00:44:29.780><c> as</c><00:44:30.059><c> well.</c> 00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:34.460 You<00:44:32.860><c> have</c><00:44:32.940><c> to</c><00:44:33.059><c> ask</c><00:44:33.179><c> the</c><00:44:33.360><c> question,</c><00:44:34.079><c> although</c><00:44:34.239><c> it's</c><00:44:34.400><c> an</c> 00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:35.219 uncomfortable<00:44:34.820><c> question,</c> 00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:38.440 why<00:44:35.599><c> does</c><00:44:35.840><c> Judah</c><00:44:36.000><c> seek</c><00:44:36.280><c> to</c><00:44:36.400><c> be</c><00:44:36.639><c> comforted</c><00:44:37.039><c> with</c><00:44:37.300><c> prostitutes?</c> 00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:43.420 I<00:44:41.139><c> suppose</c><00:44:41.519><c> we</c><00:44:41.719><c> can't</c><00:44:42.000><c> know</c><00:44:42.119><c> for</c><00:44:42.420><c> sure.</c> 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:50.940 But<00:44:44.800><c> my</c><00:44:45.099><c> guess</c><00:44:45.380><c> is</c><00:44:46.380><c> he</c><00:44:46.940><c> felt</c><00:44:47.159><c> like</c><00:44:47.460><c> he</c><00:44:47.619><c> needed</c><00:44:48.159><c> something</c><00:44:48.940><c> to</c> 00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:53.119 fill<00:44:51.300><c> the</c><00:44:51.599><c> emptiness</c><00:44:51.940><c> inside.</c> 00:44:53.860 --> 00:45:00.219 And<00:44:54.139><c> he</c><00:44:54.360><c> figured</c><00:44:54.559><c> to</c><00:44:54.780><c> himself</c><00:44:55.340><c> that</c><00:44:56.440><c> I'm</c><00:44:56.760><c> so</c><00:44:57.300><c> far</c><00:44:57.619><c> gone,</c><00:44:59.400><c> it</c> 00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:01.880 really<00:45:00.460><c> doesn't</c><00:45:00.699><c> matter.</c> 00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:10.099 I'm<00:45:05.679><c> so</c><00:45:06.199><c> far</c><00:45:06.539><c> gone,</c><00:45:08.219><c> my</c><00:45:08.539><c> life</c><00:45:08.820><c> is</c><00:45:09.079><c> a</c><00:45:09.219><c> mess.</c> 00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:16.280 I<00:45:11.159><c> can't</c><00:45:11.539><c> forgive</c><00:45:12.079><c> others,</c><00:45:14.400><c> I</c><00:45:14.440><c> can't</c><00:45:14.840><c> forgive</c><00:45:15.059><c> myself.</c> 00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:20.539 I<00:45:18.019><c> hate</c><00:45:18.239><c> my</c><00:45:18.500><c> wife,</c><00:45:18.860><c> my</c><00:45:19.079><c> sons</c><00:45:19.300><c> are</c><00:45:19.579><c> dead.</c> 00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:23.900 I<00:45:21.500><c> can't</c><00:45:22.280><c> do</c><00:45:22.420><c> anything</c><00:45:22.619><c> to</c><00:45:22.719><c> my</c><00:45:22.820><c> other</c><00:45:23.119><c> son</c><00:45:23.380><c> or</c><00:45:23.579><c> else</c><00:45:23.679><c> I'm</c><00:45:23.800><c> going</c> 00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:25.500 to<00:45:24.019><c> be</c><00:45:24.219><c> shamed</c><00:45:24.519><c> publicly.</c> 00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:31.900 My<00:45:27.400><c> life</c><00:45:27.619><c> is</c><00:45:27.840><c> horrible,</c><00:45:29.139><c> it</c><00:45:29.739><c> just</c><00:45:30.139><c> doesn't</c><00:45:30.780><c> matter.</c> 00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:42.659 See,<00:45:38.679><c> seeing</c><00:45:38.679><c> a</c><00:45:38.780><c> prostitute</c><00:45:39.099><c> was</c><00:45:39.300><c> just</c><00:45:39.460><c> something</c><00:45:39.739><c> to</c><00:45:39.880><c> ease</c><00:45:40.159><c> the</c><00:45:40.380><c> pain</c><00:45:40.539><c> of</c><00:45:40.699><c> the</c><00:45:40.860><c> moment,</c><00:45:41.099><c> really</c><00:45:41.380><c> I</c><00:45:41.539><c> think.</c> 00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:46.699 See,<00:45:43.320><c> Judah</c><00:45:43.460><c> found</c><00:45:43.780><c> himself</c><00:45:44.280><c> in</c><00:45:44.519><c> an</c><00:45:44.820><c> endless</c><00:45:45.559><c> loop</c><00:45:46.019><c> based</c><00:45:46.480><c> on</c> 00:45:46.699 --> 00:45:50.579 the<00:45:46.880><c> last</c><00:45:47.219><c> two</c><00:45:47.760><c> of</c><00:45:48.619><c> the</c><00:45:48.900><c> five</c><00:45:49.159><c> selfs</c><00:45:49.579><c> of</c><00:45:49.719><c> sin.</c> 00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:55.139 Self<00:45:51.840><c>-gratification</c><00:45:52.460><c> and</c><00:45:52.699><c> self</c><00:45:52.960><c>-pity,</c><00:45:54.179><c> right?</c> 00:45:55.440 --> 00:46:00.679 So<00:45:56.000><c> he's</c><00:45:56.559><c> full</c><00:45:56.800><c> of</c><00:45:57.019><c> self</c><00:45:57.239><c>-pity,</c><00:45:58.440><c> so</c><00:45:58.719><c> he</c><00:45:58.920><c> seeks</c><00:45:59.139><c> self</c><00:45:59.480><c>-gratification.</c> 00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:06.960 But<00:46:03.219><c> the</c><00:46:03.460><c> self</c><00:46:03.679><c>-gratification</c><00:46:04.159><c> he</c><00:46:04.400><c> seeks</c><00:46:04.940><c> makes</c><00:46:06.559><c> him</c><00:46:06.739><c> feel</c> 00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:08.480 pitiful<00:46:07.280><c> about</c><00:46:07.480><c> himself.</c> 00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:13.579 So<00:46:09.500><c> he</c><00:46:09.579><c> feels</c><00:46:09.820><c> horrible</c><00:46:10.380><c> and</c><00:46:11.380><c> then</c><00:46:11.539><c> he</c><00:46:11.679><c> seeks</c><00:46:11.820><c> more</c><00:46:12.119><c> self</c><00:46:12.380><c>-gratification.</c> 00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:17.880 You<00:46:15.460><c> know</c><00:46:15.579><c> how</c><00:46:15.719><c> it</c><00:46:15.760><c> works,</c><00:46:16.179><c> basically</c><00:46:16.480><c> the</c><00:46:16.699><c> medicine</c><00:46:17.019><c> you</c><00:46:17.300><c> take</c><00:46:17.500><c> because</c><00:46:17.739><c> you</c> 00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:21.000 feel<00:46:18.079><c> sick</c><00:46:18.840><c> makes</c><00:46:19.699><c> you</c><00:46:19.860><c> more</c><00:46:20.159><c> sick.</c> 00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:23.780 But<00:46:21.880><c> it's</c><00:46:21.980><c> the</c><00:46:22.039><c> only</c><00:46:22.199><c> medicine</c><00:46:22.480><c> you</c><00:46:22.699><c> got.</c> 00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:29.239 I<00:46:27.659><c> don't</c><00:46:27.840><c> know</c><00:46:27.960><c> if</c><00:46:28.039><c> you</c><00:46:28.179><c> guys</c><00:46:28.320><c> have</c><00:46:28.480><c> ever</c><00:46:28.619><c> found</c><00:46:28.800><c> yourself</c><00:46:29.099><c> in</c> 00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:30.739 that<00:46:29.440><c> kind</c><00:46:29.579><c> of</c><00:46:29.639><c> little</c><00:46:29.900><c> cycle.</c> 00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:35.400 I<00:46:31.440><c> sin,</c><00:46:32.239><c> I</c><00:46:32.500><c> feel</c><00:46:32.739><c> awful,</c><00:46:34.219><c> so</c><00:46:34.400><c> I</c><00:46:34.619><c> sin.</c> 00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:39.559 But<00:46:36.079><c> I</c><00:46:36.199><c> feel</c><00:46:36.380><c> awful,</c><00:46:38.159><c> so</c><00:46:38.360><c> I</c><00:46:38.559><c> sin.</c> 00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:45.539 How<00:46:43.860><c> do</c><00:46:44.000><c> you</c><00:46:44.059><c> break</c><00:46:44.260><c> out</c><00:46:44.420><c> of</c><00:46:44.500><c> that</c><00:46:44.659><c> cycle?</c> 00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:50.679 Okay,<00:46:48.119><c> sometimes</c><00:46:48.519><c> God</c><00:46:48.780><c> has</c><00:46:48.980><c> to</c><00:46:49.139><c> break</c><00:46:49.239><c> you</c><00:46:49.420><c> out</c><00:46:49.559><c> of</c><00:46:49.719><c> it.</c> 00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:58.780 So<00:46:56.519><c> I</c><00:46:57.000><c> think</c><00:46:57.159><c> you</c><00:46:57.320><c> need</c><00:46:57.420><c> to</c><00:46:57.539><c> understand</c><00:46:57.860><c> that</c><00:46:58.099><c> if</c><00:46:58.320><c> Tamar</c><00:46:58.539><c> was</c> 00:46:58.780 --> 00:47:01.280 not<00:46:58.980><c> on</c><00:46:59.099><c> that</c><00:46:59.420><c> road</c><00:46:59.659><c> on</c><00:46:59.840><c> the</c><00:46:59.900><c> way</c><00:47:00.019><c> to</c><00:47:00.199><c> Timnath,</c><00:47:01.019><c> Judah</c><00:47:01.079><c> would</c> 00:47:01.280 --> 00:47:03.559 have<00:47:01.539><c> slept</c><00:47:01.820><c> with</c><00:47:02.139><c> some</c><00:47:02.340><c> prostitute.</c> 00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:07.139 We<00:47:04.480><c> actually</c><00:47:04.699><c> have</c><00:47:04.800><c> to</c><00:47:05.059><c> see,</c><00:47:05.780><c> I</c><00:47:06.019><c> know</c><00:47:06.139><c> this</c><00:47:06.300><c> is</c><00:47:06.559><c> hard,</c><00:47:06.780><c> we</c><00:47:06.840><c> actually</c><00:47:07.039><c> have</c> 00:47:07.139 --> 00:47:11.199 to<00:47:07.300><c> see</c><00:47:07.400><c> in</c><00:47:07.539><c> this</c><00:47:07.820><c> sordid</c><00:47:08.119><c> situation</c><00:47:08.860><c> that</c><00:47:09.900><c> God</c><00:47:10.119><c> was</c><00:47:10.320><c> working.</c> 00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:14.780 Because<00:47:11.900><c> there</c><00:47:12.260><c> are</c><00:47:12.820><c> too</c><00:47:13.059><c> many</c><00:47:13.260><c> outrageous</c><00:47:13.920><c> coincidences</c> 00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:18.079 where<00:47:15.519><c> this</c><00:47:15.739><c> whole</c><00:47:16.000><c> plan</c><00:47:16.599><c> could</c><00:47:16.940><c> have</c><00:47:17.039><c> gone</c><00:47:17.199><c> wrong.</c> 00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:21.300 I<00:47:18.719><c> mean</c><00:47:18.820><c> let's</c><00:47:19.039><c> just</c><00:47:19.460><c> see</c><00:47:19.659><c> how</c><00:47:19.960><c> desperate</c><00:47:20.440><c> this</c><00:47:20.719><c> plan</c><00:47:20.940><c> was.</c> 00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:24.179 Okay,<00:47:21.719><c> number</c><00:47:22.019><c> one,</c><00:47:22.539><c> Judah's</c><00:47:22.739><c> wife</c><00:47:22.920><c> dies.</c> 00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:27.869 Secondly,<00:47:26.179><c> Judah</c><00:47:26.340><c> wants</c><00:47:26.679><c> to</c><00:47:26.900><c> see</c><00:47:27.039><c> prostitutes.</c> 00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:34.090 Thirdly,<00:47:29.940><c> of</c><00:47:30.239><c> everyone</c><00:47:30.800><c> he</c><00:47:32.119><c> happens</c><00:47:32.400><c> to</c><00:47:32.559><c> be</c><00:47:32.760><c> attracted</c><00:47:33.019><c> to</c><00:47:33.260><c> Tamar.</c> 00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:39.699 Fourthly,<00:47:37.139><c> he</c><00:47:37.280><c> can't</c><00:47:37.699><c> have</c><00:47:37.840><c> any</c><00:47:38.119><c> money</c><00:47:38.360><c> on</c><00:47:38.559><c> him.</c> 00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:50.019 Fifthly,<00:47:43.920><c> he's</c><00:47:44.239><c> willing</c><00:47:44.500><c> to</c><00:47:44.760><c> give</c><00:47:44.980><c> up</c><00:47:46.300><c> three</c><00:47:47.300><c> authentic</c><00:47:48.199><c> forms</c><00:47:48.579><c> of</c><00:47:48.840><c> identification.</c> 00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:54.980 Sixth,<00:47:53.059><c> she's</c><00:47:53.280><c> actually</c><00:47:53.519><c> got</c><00:47:53.659><c> to</c><00:47:53.760><c> get</c><00:47:53.860><c> pregnant.</c> 00:47:55.940 --> 00:48:00.440 And<00:47:56.219><c> seventh,</c><00:47:57.719><c> oh</c><00:47:57.920><c> by</c><00:47:58.119><c> the</c><00:47:58.260><c> way,</c><00:47:58.400><c> a</c><00:47:58.559><c> child</c><00:47:58.760><c> on</c><00:47:58.920><c> the</c><00:47:59.019><c> line</c><00:47:59.119><c> of</c><00:47:59.300><c> Christ</c><00:47:59.480><c> is</c><00:47:59.659><c> born.</c> 00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:06.840 How<00:48:04.519><c> many</c><00:48:04.739><c> places</c><00:48:05.039><c> could</c><00:48:05.239><c> that</c><00:48:05.519><c> plan</c><00:48:05.679><c> have</c><00:48:05.900><c> gone</c><00:48:06.019><c> wrong?</c> 00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:14.199 You<00:48:10.139><c> know,</c><00:48:10.400><c> I</c><00:48:11.239><c> would</c><00:48:11.380><c> have</c><00:48:11.780><c> probably</c><00:48:12.300><c> thought</c><00:48:12.719><c> that</c><00:48:12.960><c> that</c><00:48:13.280><c> plan</c><00:48:13.420><c> would</c><00:48:13.659><c> never</c><00:48:13.960><c> have</c><00:48:14.159><c> had</c> 00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:15.579 a<00:48:14.400><c> chance</c><00:48:14.579><c> of</c><00:48:14.860><c> working.</c> 00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:17.519 Right?<00:48:16.179><c> God</c><00:48:16.420><c> made</c><00:48:16.599><c> it</c><00:48:16.760><c> work.</c> 00:48:19.719 --> 00:48:22.639 You<00:48:20.199><c> know,</c><00:48:20.380><c> it's</c><00:48:20.679><c> actually</c><00:48:21.000><c> a</c><00:48:21.199><c> hard</c><00:48:21.320><c> thing</c><00:48:21.480><c> to</c><00:48:21.579><c> understand</c><00:48:21.880><c> that</c><00:48:22.079><c> God</c><00:48:22.300><c> can</c><00:48:22.480><c> be</c> 00:48:22.639 --> 00:48:24.000 bigger<00:48:22.880><c> than</c><00:48:23.179><c> sin.</c> 00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:28.039 And<00:48:24.519><c> what</c><00:48:24.579><c> I</c><00:48:24.739><c> mean</c><00:48:24.880><c> by</c><00:48:25.159><c> that</c><00:48:25.480><c> is</c><00:48:26.159><c> the</c><00:48:26.619><c> thoughts</c><00:48:26.840><c> and</c><00:48:27.159><c> imaginations</c><00:48:27.579><c> of</c><00:48:27.800><c> our</c> 00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:29.920 heart<00:48:28.260><c> are</c><00:48:28.539><c> wicked</c><00:48:28.719><c> continually.</c> 00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:32.320 Hopefully<00:48:30.840><c> not,</c><00:48:31.380><c> but</c><00:48:31.519><c> they're</c><00:48:31.699><c> wicked</c><00:48:31.900><c> often.</c> 00:48:32.619 --> 00:48:35.300 And<00:48:33.079><c> it's</c><00:48:33.239><c> not</c><00:48:33.420><c> as</c><00:48:33.579><c> if</c><00:48:33.780><c> anyone</c><00:48:34.099><c> in</c><00:48:34.239><c> this</c><00:48:34.400><c> room</c><00:48:34.539><c> is</c><00:48:34.699><c> just</c><00:48:34.940><c> going</c> 00:48:35.300 --> 00:48:37.639 around<00:48:35.659><c> being</c><00:48:36.059><c> saintly</c><00:48:36.360><c> all</c><00:48:36.539><c> the</c><00:48:36.679><c> time</c><00:48:36.820><c> and</c><00:48:36.980><c> never</c><00:48:37.219><c> sinning.</c> 00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:40.800 So<00:48:38.159><c> are</c><00:48:38.239><c> you</c><00:48:38.360><c> saying</c><00:48:38.559><c> that</c><00:48:38.960><c> we</c><00:48:39.159><c> can't</c><00:48:39.480><c> actually</c><00:48:39.900><c> hold</c><00:48:40.079><c> a</c><00:48:40.599><c> view</c> 00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:45.000 that<00:48:41.000><c> God</c><00:48:41.300><c> can</c><00:48:41.559><c> only</c><00:48:41.860><c> operate,</c><00:48:42.380><c> can</c><00:48:42.480><c> only</c><00:48:42.760><c> work</c><00:48:43.179><c> in</c><00:48:43.599><c> this</c><00:48:44.099><c> situations</c><00:48:44.739><c> in</c> 00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:46.079 which<00:48:45.159><c> we</c><00:48:45.340><c> are</c><00:48:45.599><c> sinless.</c> 00:48:46.079 --> 00:48:50.460 If<00:48:46.760><c> I</c><00:48:47.139><c> don't</c><00:48:47.400><c> sin,</c><00:48:47.699><c> if</c><00:48:47.719><c> I'm</c><00:48:47.940><c> perfect</c><00:48:48.300><c> today,</c><00:48:48.719><c> then</c><00:48:48.880><c> God</c><00:48:49.079><c> can</c><00:48:49.280><c> work.</c> 00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:53.440 God<00:48:51.260><c> can</c><00:48:51.500><c> actually</c><00:48:51.760><c> work</c><00:48:52.019><c> through</c><00:48:52.179><c> my</c><00:48:52.440><c> mess</c><00:48:52.619><c> ups.</c> 00:48:54.280 --> 00:48:58.360 I<00:48:54.460><c> actually</c><00:48:54.699><c> think</c><00:48:54.880><c> God's</c><00:48:55.219><c> working</c><00:48:55.519><c> the</c><00:48:55.800><c> most</c><00:48:56.500><c> in</c><00:48:57.480><c> my</c><00:48:57.699><c> mess</c><00:48:57.960><c> ups.</c> 00:48:58.820 --> 00:49:01.360 And<00:48:59.000><c> God's</c><00:48:59.340><c> working</c><00:48:59.559><c> in</c><00:48:59.719><c> your</c><00:48:59.940><c> mess</c><00:49:00.199><c> ups</c><00:49:00.420><c> too.</c> 00:49:01.699 --> 00:49:06.619 God<00:49:01.940><c> does</c><00:49:02.239><c> not</c><00:49:02.559><c> wait</c><00:49:02.860><c> for</c><00:49:03.019><c> us</c><00:49:03.199><c> to</c><00:49:03.300><c> be</c><00:49:03.480><c> perfect</c><00:49:04.300><c> to</c><00:49:04.980><c> work</c><00:49:05.159><c> with</c><00:49:05.360><c> us.</c> 00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:10.739 Or<00:49:08.579><c> else</c><00:49:08.840><c> he</c><00:49:09.159><c> wouldn't</c><00:49:09.360><c> do</c><00:49:09.579><c> any</c><00:49:09.760><c> work</c><00:49:09.940><c> with</c><00:49:10.099><c> us.</c> 00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:12.760 Because<00:49:11.199><c> y</c><00:49:11.380><c>'all</c><00:49:11.420><c> ain't</c><00:49:11.599><c> perfect.</c> 00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:13.780 And<00:49:13.119><c> I'm</c><00:49:13.280><c> not</c><00:49:13.480><c> either.</c> 00:49:13.780 --> 00:49:17.039 So<00:49:14.360><c> God's</c><00:49:14.820><c> got</c><00:49:14.900><c> to</c><00:49:15.079><c> work</c><00:49:15.219><c> through</c><00:49:15.480><c> sin</c><00:49:15.699><c> and</c><00:49:15.840><c> he</c><00:49:16.000><c> does.</c> 00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:21.699 God<00:49:17.619><c> works</c><00:49:17.840><c> the</c><00:49:18.099><c> hardest</c><00:49:18.400><c> to</c><00:49:18.619><c> restore</c><00:49:19.039><c> us</c><00:49:19.860><c> through</c><00:49:20.579><c> sin.</c> 00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:24.159 Tamar<00:49:22.699><c> was</c><00:49:23.139><c> not</c><00:49:23.480><c> a</c><00:49:23.699><c> prostitute.</c> 00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:25.760 She<00:49:24.599><c> was</c><00:49:24.900><c> not</c><00:49:25.139><c> sleeping</c><00:49:25.360><c> around.</c> 00:49:25.980 --> 00:49:28.500 She<00:49:26.119><c> didn't</c><00:49:26.420><c> like</c><00:49:26.920><c> stay</c><00:49:27.159><c> there</c><00:49:27.400><c> in</c><00:49:27.599><c> Timnath</c><00:49:27.900><c> waiting</c><00:49:28.159><c> for</c><00:49:28.380><c> the</c> 00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:29.139 next<00:49:28.739><c> customer.</c> 00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:33.219 She<00:49:29.639><c> immediately</c><00:49:30.199><c> puts</c><00:49:30.460><c> on</c><00:49:31.079><c> her</c><00:49:31.739><c> garments</c><00:49:31.980><c> of</c><00:49:32.199><c> her</c><00:49:32.340><c> witherhood.</c> 00:49:33.340 --> 00:49:35.360 She<00:49:33.539><c> was</c><00:49:33.739><c> not</c><00:49:33.900><c> interested</c><00:49:34.320><c> in</c><00:49:34.500><c> being</c><00:49:34.679><c> a</c><00:49:34.940><c> prostitute.</c> 00:49:35.579 --> 00:49:37.719 She<00:49:35.820><c> was</c><00:49:36.059><c> interested</c><00:49:36.420><c> in</c><00:49:36.579><c> a</c><00:49:36.739><c> kinsman</c><00:49:37.099><c> redeemer.</c> 00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:40.980 But<00:49:38.500><c> Judah</c><00:49:38.719><c> saw</c><00:49:39.179><c> Tamar</c><00:49:39.619><c> that</c><00:49:39.900><c> day</c><00:49:40.000><c> as</c><00:49:40.139><c> a</c><00:49:40.320><c> harlot.</c> 00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:43.719 And<00:49:41.440><c> Tamar</c><00:49:41.780><c> asked</c><00:49:42.179><c> a</c><00:49:42.519><c> pledge</c><00:49:42.739><c> of</c><00:49:43.019><c> Judah.</c> 00:49:43.780 --> 00:49:45.519 She<00:49:44.219><c> asked</c><00:49:44.320><c> for</c><00:49:44.719><c> his</c><00:49:44.960><c> signet.</c> 00:49:45.659 --> 00:49:46.900 She<00:49:45.860><c> asked</c><00:49:46.059><c> for</c><00:49:46.199><c> his</c><00:49:46.440><c> bracelets.</c> 00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:49.019 And<00:49:47.260><c> she</c><00:49:47.300><c> asked</c><00:49:47.519><c> for</c><00:49:47.719><c> his</c><00:49:48.119><c> staff.</c> 00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:55.239 And<00:49:51.500><c> amazingly,</c><00:49:53.420><c> Judah</c><00:49:53.559><c> gives</c><00:49:53.920><c> them</c><00:49:54.139><c> to</c><00:49:54.260><c> her.</c> 00:49:56.960 --> 00:49:58.340 That's<00:49:57.400><c> crazy.</c> 00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:03.260 If<00:50:00.960><c> she</c><00:50:01.400><c> asked</c><00:50:01.599><c> for</c><00:50:01.820><c> one</c><00:50:02.079><c> of</c><00:50:02.199><c> them,</c><00:50:02.440><c> it</c><00:50:02.539><c> would</c><00:50:02.699><c> be</c><00:50:02.920><c> sufficient</c> 00:50:03.260 --> 00:50:04.420 by<00:50:03.500><c> the</c><00:50:03.619><c> way.</c> 00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:08.460 It's<00:50:05.880><c> like</c><00:50:06.320><c> giving</c><00:50:06.539><c> someone,</c><00:50:07.019><c> like</c><00:50:07.280><c> going</c><00:50:07.480><c> to</c><00:50:07.659><c> the</c><00:50:07.860><c> store</c><00:50:08.059><c> and</c><00:50:08.280><c> saying,</c> 00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:11.360 I<00:50:08.940><c> don't</c><00:50:09.179><c> have</c><00:50:09.300><c> the</c><00:50:09.460><c> money</c><00:50:09.820><c> to</c><00:50:10.139><c> buy</c><00:50:10.360><c> this</c><00:50:10.659><c> lumber</c><00:50:10.900><c> right</c><00:50:11.199><c> now</c> 00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:11.920 for<00:50:11.500><c> my</c><00:50:11.659><c> house.</c> 00:50:11.920 --> 00:50:14.480 But<00:50:12.219><c> by</c><00:50:12.519><c> the</c><00:50:12.679><c> way,</c><00:50:13.179><c> here's</c><00:50:13.340><c> my</c><00:50:13.659><c> driver's</c><00:50:14.159><c> license.</c> 00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:16.400 And<00:50:14.840><c> here's</c><00:50:15.099><c> my</c><00:50:15.260><c> passport.</c> 00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:18.500 And<00:50:16.820><c> here's</c><00:50:17.219><c> my</c><00:50:17.579><c> signature.</c> 00:50:21.300 --> 00:50:25.639 It's<00:50:21.440><c> like,</c><00:50:22.539><c> Judah's</c><00:50:23.480><c> authentic,</c><00:50:24.280><c> a</c><00:50:24.360><c> signet</c><00:50:24.699><c> is</c><00:50:25.139><c> your</c><00:50:25.440><c> form</c> 00:50:25.639 --> 00:50:28.500 of<00:50:25.920><c> identification</c><00:50:26.519><c> in</c><00:50:27.519><c> documents.</c> 00:50:31.119 --> 00:50:34.199 And<00:50:31.639><c> he</c><00:50:31.900><c> gives</c><00:50:32.179><c> them</c><00:50:32.380><c> to</c><00:50:32.500><c> her,</c><00:50:33.179><c> amazingly.</c> 00:50:35.239 --> 00:50:38.099 So<00:50:35.719><c> Tamar</c><00:50:36.059><c> immediately</c><00:50:36.519><c> puts</c><00:50:36.760><c> on</c><00:50:37.159><c> her</c><00:50:37.420><c> widow's</c><00:50:37.780><c> clothes</c><00:50:37.940><c> and</c> 00:50:38.099 --> 00:50:39.800 goes<00:50:38.360><c> back</c><00:50:38.659><c> to</c><00:50:38.800><c> her</c><00:50:38.940><c> father's</c><00:50:39.300><c> house,</c> 00:50:40.179 --> 00:50:41.739 having<00:50:40.320><c> accomplished</c><00:50:40.719><c> her</c><00:50:40.920><c> purpose.</c> 00:50:41.920 --> 00:50:45.179 Judah<00:50:42.039><c> sends</c><00:50:42.239><c> a</c><00:50:42.460><c> lamb</c><00:50:42.559><c> by</c><00:50:42.900><c> Hira,</c><00:50:43.619><c> but</c><00:50:43.699><c> cannot</c><00:50:44.039><c> find</c><00:50:44.420><c> Tamar.</c> 00:50:45.340 --> 00:50:47.599 Notice<00:50:45.639><c> his</c><00:50:45.880><c> words</c><00:50:46.099><c> in</c><00:50:46.239><c> verse</c><00:50:46.460><c> 23.</c> 00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:49.920 Let<00:50:47.880><c> her</c><00:50:48.079><c> take</c><00:50:48.340><c> it</c><00:50:48.519><c> to</c><00:50:48.659><c> her,</c><00:50:48.980><c> lest</c><00:50:49.079><c> we</c><00:50:49.320><c> be</c><00:50:49.599><c> shamed.</c> 00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:52.739 I<00:50:50.400><c> guess</c><00:50:50.659><c> apparently</c><00:50:51.079><c> walking</c><00:50:51.440><c> around</c><00:50:51.780><c> on</c><00:50:52.320><c> the</c><00:50:52.400><c> road</c><00:50:52.579><c> to</c> 00:50:52.739 --> 00:50:53.239 Timnath<00:50:52.960><c> saying,</c> 00:50:53.460 --> 00:50:57.199 where's<00:50:53.559><c> the</c><00:50:53.760><c> prostitute</c><00:50:54.300><c> holding</c><00:50:54.739><c> a</c><00:50:55.039><c> lamb</c><00:50:55.300><c> is</c><00:50:55.960><c> a</c><00:50:56.059><c> little</c><00:50:56.179><c> bit</c><00:50:56.380><c> embarrassing.</c> 00:50:58.139 --> 00:50:59.139 Who<00:50:58.280><c> knew,</c><00:50:58.699><c> right?</c> 00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:03.360 And<00:50:59.900><c> Judah</c><00:51:00.059><c> says,</c><00:51:00.900><c> let</c><00:51:01.019><c> her</c><00:51:01.219><c> have</c><00:51:01.440><c> it,</c><00:51:02.179><c> lest</c><00:51:02.480><c> we</c><00:51:02.739><c> be</c><00:51:03.039><c> shamed.</c> 00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:05.679 It's<00:51:03.820><c> funny,</c><00:51:04.139><c> the</c><00:51:04.320><c> people</c><00:51:04.539><c> who</c><00:51:04.780><c> dwell</c><00:51:04.960><c> in</c><00:51:05.179><c> resentment,</c><00:51:05.599><c> the</c> 00:51:05.679 --> 00:51:07.380 thing<00:51:05.800><c> they</c><00:51:05.960><c> hate</c><00:51:06.139><c> the</c><00:51:06.300><c> most</c><00:51:06.639><c> is</c><00:51:07.179><c> shame.</c> 00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:08.739 They<00:51:07.579><c> hate</c><00:51:07.760><c> shame.</c> 00:51:10.119 --> 00:51:14.320 But<00:51:10.559><c> what</c><00:51:10.739><c> they</c><00:51:10.940><c> need</c><00:51:11.059><c> the</c><00:51:11.260><c> most</c><00:51:11.679><c> is</c><00:51:12.300><c> to</c><00:51:12.420><c> be</c><00:51:12.599><c> shamed,</c><00:51:14.099><c> to</c><00:51:14.179><c> get</c> 00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:15.960 over<00:51:14.519><c> themselves,</c><00:51:15.460><c> right?</c> 00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:18.539 And<00:51:16.639><c> Judah</c><00:51:16.760><c> didn't</c><00:51:16.980><c> want,</c><00:51:17.139><c> he</c><00:51:17.260><c> didn't</c><00:51:17.480><c> want</c><00:51:17.739><c> shame,</c><00:51:18.260><c> which</c><00:51:18.400><c> I</c> 00:51:18.539 --> 00:51:20.000 think<00:51:18.639><c> is</c><00:51:18.880><c> quite</c><00:51:19.039><c> revealing.</c> 00:51:21.360 --> 00:51:23.840 Now<00:51:21.599><c> three</c><00:51:21.780><c> months</c><00:51:22.039><c> later,</c><00:51:22.780><c> Tamar</c><00:51:22.920><c> just</c><00:51:23.139><c> can't</c><00:51:23.360><c> simply</c><00:51:23.619><c> hide</c> 00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:24.840 the<00:51:24.079><c> truth.</c> 00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:26.840 She's<00:51:25.400><c> had</c><00:51:25.460><c> three</c><00:51:25.699><c> months</c><00:51:25.860><c> to</c><00:51:26.019><c> think</c><00:51:26.139><c> about</c><00:51:26.300><c> this,</c><00:51:26.500><c> by</c><00:51:26.699><c> the</c> 00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:28.300 way,<00:51:27.340><c> what</c><00:51:27.460><c> the</c><00:51:27.659><c> reaction</c><00:51:27.980><c> would</c><00:51:28.159><c> be,</c> 00:51:28.300 --> 00:51:30.420 and<00:51:28.440><c> she</c><00:51:28.639><c> knew</c><00:51:28.739><c> the</c><00:51:28.940><c> reaction</c><00:51:29.239><c> would</c><00:51:29.420><c> be</c><00:51:29.719><c> strong</c><00:51:30.079><c> and</c><00:51:30.280><c> would</c> 00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:31.559 be<00:51:30.659><c> fierce.</c> 00:51:31.639 --> 00:51:34.980 And<00:51:32.079><c> when</c><00:51:32.519><c> it's</c><00:51:33.059><c> found</c><00:51:33.320><c> out</c><00:51:33.619><c> that</c><00:51:33.739><c> she's</c><00:51:34.019><c> pregnant</c><00:51:34.440><c> and</c><00:51:34.800><c> Judah</c> 00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:35.699 gets<00:51:35.179><c> the</c><00:51:35.440><c> word,</c> 00:51:35.699 --> 00:51:38.639 I<00:51:35.960><c> mean</c><00:51:36.079><c> her</c><00:51:36.280><c> family</c><00:51:36.719><c> appears</c><00:51:37.119><c> ready</c><00:51:37.400><c> to</c><00:51:37.619><c> burn</c><00:51:37.840><c> her.</c> 00:51:39.059 --> 00:51:40.500 Because<00:51:39.380><c> they</c><00:51:39.760><c> would</c><00:51:39.920><c> have</c><00:51:40.039><c> been</c><00:51:40.280><c> shamed.</c> 00:51:40.699 --> 00:51:42.780 I<00:51:41.079><c> don't</c><00:51:41.260><c> think</c><00:51:41.340><c> they</c><00:51:41.519><c> wanted</c><00:51:41.760><c> much</c><00:51:42.000><c> to</c><00:51:42.119><c> do</c><00:51:42.199><c> with</c><00:51:42.239><c> her</c><00:51:42.420><c> anyways.</c> 00:51:42.980 --> 00:51:46.159 They<00:51:43.119><c> would</c><00:51:43.260><c> have</c><00:51:43.360><c> been</c><00:51:43.500><c> embarrassed</c><00:51:43.840><c> by</c><00:51:44.059><c> this</c><00:51:44.199><c> whole</c><00:51:44.380><c> situation</c><00:51:44.980><c> as</c><00:51:45.320><c> well.</c> 00:51:46.900 --> 00:51:49.179 By<00:51:47.119><c> contrast,</c><00:51:47.840><c> how</c><00:51:47.900><c> do</c><00:51:48.039><c> you</c><00:51:48.079><c> think</c><00:51:48.199><c> Judah</c><00:51:48.480><c> felt</c><00:51:48.699><c> when</c><00:51:48.860><c> he</c><00:51:49.019><c> got</c> 00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:50.579 word<00:51:49.380><c> about</c><00:51:49.659><c> Tamar?</c> 00:51:51.260 --> 00:51:52.300 Are<00:51:51.519><c> you</c><00:51:51.739><c> kidding</c><00:51:51.920><c> me?</c> 00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:53.760 He<00:51:52.719><c> would</c><00:51:52.900><c> have</c><00:51:53.099><c> felt</c><00:51:53.239><c> great.</c> 00:51:54.139 --> 00:51:57.159 He<00:51:54.159><c> would</c><00:51:54.340><c> have</c><00:51:54.400><c> been,</c><00:51:54.820><c> finally,</c><00:51:56.019><c> God's</c><00:51:56.500><c> blessing</c><00:51:56.760><c> me.</c> 00:51:57.340 --> 00:51:59.500 Finally,<00:51:57.900><c> we</c><00:51:57.960><c> can</c><00:51:58.139><c> get</c><00:51:58.320><c> Tamar</c><00:51:58.780><c> out</c><00:51:58.960><c> of</c><00:51:58.960><c> the</c><00:51:59.079><c> way.</c> 00:51:59.980 --> 00:52:02.679 I<00:52:00.219><c> can</c><00:52:00.480><c> marry</c><00:52:00.820><c> Shelah</c><00:52:01.119><c> to</c><00:52:01.280><c> someone</c><00:52:01.579><c> else</c><00:52:02.019><c> without</c><00:52:02.340><c> being</c> 00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:03.460 publicly<00:52:03.059><c> shamed.</c> 00:52:03.719 --> 00:52:05.119 This<00:52:04.000><c> is</c><00:52:04.380><c> great.</c> 00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:09.340 How<00:52:07.400><c> long</c><00:52:07.840><c> until</c><00:52:07.960><c> he's</c><00:52:08.139><c> thinking,</c><00:52:08.380><c> okay,</c><00:52:08.639><c> after</c><00:52:08.840><c> she's</c><00:52:09.119><c> dead,</c> 00:52:09.340 --> 00:52:10.199 this<00:52:09.500><c> is</c><00:52:09.659><c> what</c><00:52:09.739><c> I'm</c><00:52:09.860><c> going</c><00:52:09.940><c> to</c><00:52:10.079><c> do?</c> 00:52:10.420 --> 00:52:12.980 He<00:52:10.500><c> would</c><00:52:10.639><c> have</c><00:52:10.719><c> been</c><00:52:10.800><c> like,</c><00:52:11.179><c> the</c><00:52:11.420><c> plan</c><00:52:11.639><c> would</c><00:52:11.800><c> have</c><00:52:11.880><c> been</c><00:52:12.019><c> already</c><00:52:12.300><c> formulating</c><00:52:12.780><c> in</c> 00:52:12.980 --> 00:52:13.300 his<00:52:13.139><c> head.</c> 00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:15.699 Of<00:52:13.860><c> course</c><00:52:14.119><c> he</c><00:52:14.300><c> said</c><00:52:14.480><c> to</c><00:52:14.719><c> burn</c><00:52:14.860><c> her.</c> 00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:19.019 He<00:52:17.239><c> didn't</c><00:52:17.480><c> want</c><00:52:17.639><c> any</c><00:52:17.920><c> part</c><00:52:18.099><c> of</c><00:52:18.239><c> her.</c> 00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:21.920 This<00:52:19.679><c> is</c><00:52:19.860><c> like</c><00:52:20.000><c> his</c><00:52:20.179><c> get</c><00:52:20.340><c> out</c><00:52:20.480><c> of</c><00:52:20.539><c> jail</c><00:52:20.760><c> free</c><00:52:21.059><c> card.</c> 00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:25.119 He<00:52:22.480><c> was</c><00:52:22.699><c> ecstatic</c><00:52:23.380><c> when</c><00:52:24.019><c> he</c><00:52:24.239><c> learned</c><00:52:24.420><c> about</c><00:52:24.719><c> Tamar.</c> 00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:27.760 Get<00:52:25.619><c> her</c><00:52:25.800><c> out</c><00:52:25.900><c> of</c><00:52:26.000><c> the</c><00:52:26.099><c> way,</c><00:52:26.380><c> kill</c><00:52:26.679><c> her,</c><00:52:27.139><c> burn</c><00:52:27.340><c> her.</c> 00:52:27.820 --> 00:52:29.960 Which<00:52:27.940><c> is,</c><00:52:28.340><c> by</c><00:52:28.340><c> the</c><00:52:28.579><c> way,</c><00:52:28.860><c> the</c><00:52:29.000><c> law</c><00:52:29.179><c> only</c><00:52:29.340><c> prescribed</c><00:52:29.679><c> burning</c> 00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:31.019 for<00:52:30.199><c> one</c><00:52:30.380><c> situation,</c> 00:52:31.480 --> 00:52:35.639 which<00:52:31.699><c> was</c><00:52:32.219><c> for</c><00:52:32.679><c> the</c><00:52:33.059><c> daughter</c><00:52:33.360><c> of</c><00:52:33.639><c> a</c><00:52:33.860><c> priest</c><00:52:34.320><c> who</c><00:52:34.900><c> was</c><00:52:35.099><c> a</c><00:52:35.280><c> harlot.</c> 00:52:35.699 --> 00:52:37.960 I<00:52:36.500><c> don't</c><00:52:36.659><c> know</c><00:52:36.739><c> if</c><00:52:36.760><c> that</c><00:52:36.920><c> reflects</c><00:52:37.260><c> on</c><00:52:37.440><c> what</c><00:52:37.579><c> Judah</c><00:52:37.719><c> thought</c> 00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:38.460 of<00:52:38.099><c> himself,</c> 00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:41.139 or<00:52:38.800><c> that</c><00:52:38.940><c> was</c><00:52:39.079><c> just</c><00:52:39.380><c> how</c><00:52:39.619><c> the</c><00:52:39.840><c> canines</c><00:52:40.099><c> dealt</c><00:52:40.340><c> with</c><00:52:40.539><c> it.</c> 00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:44.780 But<00:52:41.780><c> that's</c><00:52:42.880><c> kind</c><00:52:43.019><c> of</c><00:52:43.159><c> a</c><00:52:43.300><c> fact</c><00:52:43.440><c> on</c><00:52:43.639><c> the</c><00:52:43.780><c> side.</c> 00:52:47.059 --> 00:52:50.079 So<00:52:47.340><c> Tamar</c><00:52:47.880><c> kind</c><00:52:48.380><c> of</c><00:52:48.639><c> correctly</c><00:52:48.820><c> anticipates</c><00:52:49.320><c> Judah's</c><00:52:49.679><c> reaction.</c> 00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:53.880 And<00:52:50.599><c> our</c><00:52:50.719><c> next</c><00:52:51.019><c> step,</c><00:52:51.239><c> I</c><00:52:51.420><c> think,</c><00:52:51.860><c> reveals</c><00:52:52.380><c> more</c><00:52:53.159><c> than</c><00:52:53.300><c> any</c><00:52:53.500><c> other</c><00:52:53.719><c> the</c> 00:52:53.880 --> 00:52:55.719 heart<00:52:54.199><c> of</c><00:52:54.360><c> this</c><00:52:54.519><c> beautiful</c><00:52:54.860><c> woman.</c> 00:52:57.599 --> 00:53:00.860 Before<00:52:58.059><c> she</c><00:52:58.380><c> died,</c><00:52:58.679><c> she</c><00:52:59.039><c> insisted</c><00:52:59.440><c> that</c><00:52:59.800><c> word</c><00:52:59.980><c> is</c><00:53:00.159><c> brought</c><00:53:00.360><c> to</c><00:53:00.599><c> Judah.</c> 00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:03.840 And<00:53:01.300><c> she</c><00:53:01.460><c> hands</c><00:53:01.760><c> over</c><00:53:01.960><c> the</c><00:53:02.199><c> signet</c><00:53:02.639><c> and</c><00:53:02.880><c> the</c><00:53:03.119><c> bracelets</c><00:53:03.460><c> and</c> 00:53:03.840 --> 00:53:04.519 the<00:53:04.179><c> staff.</c> 00:53:04.519 --> 00:53:08.219 And<00:53:05.159><c> she</c><00:53:05.420><c> sends</c><00:53:05.820><c> them</c><00:53:06.059><c> to</c><00:53:06.260><c> Judah</c><00:53:06.440><c> with</c><00:53:06.719><c> this</c><00:53:07.000><c> message.</c> 00:53:09.260 --> 00:53:14.539 By<00:53:09.360><c> the</c><00:53:09.659><c> man</c><00:53:10.280><c> who</c><00:53:11.159><c> these</c><00:53:11.460><c> are,</c><00:53:13.119><c> am</c><00:53:13.260><c> I</c><00:53:13.400><c> with</c><00:53:13.639><c> child.</c> 00:53:15.739 --> 00:53:19.219 And<00:53:16.000><c> she</c><00:53:16.260><c> said,</c><00:53:16.579><c> discern,</c><00:53:17.059><c> I</c><00:53:17.059><c> pray</c><00:53:17.480><c> thee,</c><00:53:18.400><c> who</c><00:53:18.579><c> are</c><00:53:18.860><c> these?</c> 00:53:19.500 --> 00:53:22.719 The<00:53:19.760><c> signet,</c><00:53:20.480><c> bracelets,</c><00:53:21.699><c> and</c><00:53:21.920><c> staff.</c> 00:53:23.860 --> 00:53:24.920 Okay,<00:53:24.099><c> let's</c><00:53:24.320><c> think</c><00:53:24.519><c> for</c><00:53:24.679><c> a</c><00:53:24.780><c> moment.</c> 00:53:25.019 --> 00:53:26.340 By<00:53:25.219><c> the</c><00:53:25.300><c> way,</c><00:53:25.380><c> I'm</c><00:53:25.599><c> going</c><00:53:25.679><c> to</c><00:53:25.719><c> go</c><00:53:25.900><c> over</c><00:53:26.139><c> time.</c> 00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:29.539 So<00:53:26.519><c> any</c><00:53:26.659><c> expectation</c><00:53:27.159><c> I'm</c><00:53:27.420><c> finishing</c><00:53:27.780><c> is</c><00:53:28.360><c> just</c><00:53:28.559><c> put</c><00:53:28.679><c> it</c><00:53:28.840><c> away.</c> 00:53:30.280 --> 00:53:31.440 Put<00:53:30.539><c> it</c><00:53:30.719><c> away.</c> 00:53:31.619 --> 00:53:34.059 So<00:53:32.099><c> let's</c><00:53:32.579><c> think,</c><00:53:32.960><c> because</c><00:53:33.139><c> we've</c><00:53:33.400><c> got</c><00:53:33.420><c> to</c><00:53:33.500><c> finish</c><00:53:33.760><c> this.</c> 00:53:34.199 --> 00:53:35.739 This<00:53:34.360><c> is</c><00:53:34.539><c> a</c><00:53:34.679><c> great</c><00:53:34.860><c> story.</c> 00:53:36.219 --> 00:53:37.699 I<00:53:36.300><c> think</c><00:53:36.440><c> there's</c><00:53:36.619><c> something</c><00:53:36.800><c> really</c><00:53:37.019><c> to</c><00:53:37.159><c> be</c><00:53:37.300><c> learned</c><00:53:37.460><c> here</c> 00:53:37.699 --> 00:53:38.880 for<00:53:37.860><c> all</c><00:53:38.039><c> of</c><00:53:38.139><c> us.</c> 00:53:38.900 --> 00:53:41.079 So<00:53:39.079><c> let's</c><00:53:39.320><c> think</c><00:53:39.539><c> about</c><00:53:39.719><c> this</c><00:53:39.920><c> for</c><00:53:40.119><c> a</c><00:53:40.239><c> moment.</c> 00:53:41.579 --> 00:53:43.880 Tamar<00:53:41.940><c> is</c><00:53:42.179><c> about</c><00:53:42.460><c> to</c><00:53:42.739><c> die.</c> 00:53:44.019 --> 00:53:46.059 By<00:53:44.500><c> burning,</c><00:53:45.179><c> no</c><00:53:45.219><c> less.</c> 00:53:46.900 --> 00:53:49.920 She<00:53:47.039><c> has</c><00:53:47.219><c> an</c><00:53:47.420><c> unborn</c><00:53:47.739><c> child</c><00:53:48.159><c> that's</c><00:53:48.460><c> depending</c><00:53:48.739><c> on</c><00:53:48.960><c> her.</c> 00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:52.300 She's<00:53:50.599><c> pregnant</c><00:53:51.119><c> by</c><00:53:51.519><c> Judah.</c> 00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:56.360 He's<00:53:53.960><c> the</c><00:53:54.099><c> one</c><00:53:54.280><c> playing</c><00:53:54.559><c> around</c><00:53:54.780><c> with</c><00:53:54.980><c> harlots,</c><00:53:55.360><c> not</c><00:53:55.579><c> her.</c> 00:53:56.960 --> 00:54:00.480 She's<00:53:57.559><c> only</c><00:53:57.800><c> in</c><00:53:58.000><c> this</c><00:53:58.119><c> position</c><00:53:58.699><c> because</c><00:53:59.239><c> Judah</c><00:53:59.480><c> hasn't</c><00:53:59.900><c> provided</c><00:54:00.260><c> a</c> 00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:01.539 kinsman<00:54:00.739><c> redeemer.</c> 00:54:02.460 --> 00:54:05.019 Okay,<00:54:03.679><c> those</c><00:54:03.840><c> are</c><00:54:04.019><c> the</c><00:54:04.159><c> facts.</c> 00:54:05.400 --> 00:54:07.099 Now<00:54:05.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:54:05.760><c> you</c><00:54:06.059><c> scream?</c> 00:54:07.539 --> 00:54:11.260 Wouldn't<00:54:07.739><c> you</c><00:54:08.199><c> scream</c><00:54:08.659><c> to</c><00:54:09.139><c> every</c><00:54:09.519><c> person</c><00:54:09.960><c> around</c><00:54:10.420><c> you,</c> 00:54:11.659 --> 00:54:13.860 while<00:54:11.820><c> they're</c><00:54:12.119><c> pulling</c><00:54:12.380><c> together</c><00:54:12.659><c> the</c><00:54:12.940><c> wood</c><00:54:13.059><c> to</c><00:54:13.300><c> burn</c><00:54:13.500><c> you,</c> 00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:17.280 wouldn't<00:54:14.280><c> you</c><00:54:14.760><c> scream</c><00:54:15.280><c> that</c><00:54:15.619><c> the</c><00:54:15.880><c> father</c><00:54:16.239><c> is</c><00:54:16.539><c> Judah?</c> 00:54:17.800 --> 00:54:20.699 Wouldn't<00:54:18.039><c> you</c><00:54:18.219><c> tell</c><00:54:18.440><c> everyone,</c><00:54:19.199><c> the</c><00:54:19.400><c> father</c><00:54:19.820><c> is</c><00:54:20.099><c> Judah,</c><00:54:20.340><c> I'm</c> 00:54:20.699 --> 00:54:22.300 pregnant<00:54:21.079><c> by</c><00:54:21.460><c> Judah?</c> 00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:25.659 Wouldn't<00:54:23.659><c> you</c><00:54:23.860><c> do</c><00:54:24.019><c> it</c><00:54:24.139><c> to</c><00:54:24.380><c> save</c><00:54:24.519><c> your</c><00:54:24.800><c> life?</c> 00:54:25.860 --> 00:54:30.820 Yet<00:54:26.500><c> Tamar</c><00:54:27.019><c> sends</c><00:54:27.280><c> a</c><00:54:27.659><c> messenger</c><00:54:28.059><c> to</c><00:54:28.340><c> Judah</c><00:54:28.599><c> saying,</c> 00:54:32.260 --> 00:54:35.639 discern,<00:54:32.619><c> I</c><00:54:32.820><c> pray</c><00:54:33.219><c> thee,</c><00:54:34.179><c> who</c><00:54:34.500><c> these</c><00:54:34.780><c> are.</c> 00:54:39.139 --> 00:54:40.699 Do<00:54:39.340><c> you</c><00:54:39.340><c> see</c><00:54:39.480><c> it?</c> 00:54:41.099 --> 00:54:43.719 Do<00:54:41.360><c> you</c><00:54:41.420><c> see</c><00:54:41.539><c> it</c><00:54:41.719><c> as</c><00:54:41.980><c> clearly</c><00:54:42.199><c> as</c><00:54:42.300><c> it's</c><00:54:42.539><c> written</c><00:54:42.739><c> there?</c> 00:54:44.400 --> 00:54:47.760 She<00:54:45.119><c> won't</c><00:54:45.840><c> shame</c><00:54:46.619><c> Judah.</c> 00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:51.280 She<00:54:49.619><c> won't</c><00:54:49.940><c> shame</c><00:54:50.300><c> him.</c> 00:54:51.800 --> 00:54:56.280 She<00:54:52.159><c> would</c><00:54:52.519><c> not</c><00:54:53.000><c> put</c><00:54:53.320><c> the</c><00:54:53.599><c> head</c><00:54:53.699><c> of</c><00:54:53.860><c> her</c><00:54:54.079><c> family</c><00:54:54.579><c> to</c><00:54:55.119><c> open</c><00:54:55.400><c> shame.</c> 00:54:56.500 --> 00:54:59.900 She<00:54:57.019><c> did</c><00:54:57.260><c> not</c><00:54:57.480><c> scream</c><00:54:57.860><c> out</c><00:54:58.079><c> it's</c><00:54:58.860><c> Judah's</c><00:54:59.079><c> baby.</c> 00:55:00.519 --> 00:55:04.039 She<00:55:00.760><c> took</c><00:55:01.019><c> those</c><00:55:01.239><c> things</c><00:55:01.400><c> to</c><00:55:01.639><c> Judah</c><00:55:01.820><c> and</c><00:55:02.360><c> she</c><00:55:03.119><c> had</c><00:55:03.500><c> a</c><00:55:03.780><c> question</c> 00:55:04.039 --> 00:55:06.159 asked<00:55:04.320><c> of</c><00:55:04.500><c> him</c><00:55:04.719><c> so</c><00:55:04.980><c> he</c><00:55:05.139><c> could</c><00:55:05.340><c> determine.</c> 00:55:08.300 --> 00:55:11.280 And<00:55:08.619><c> upon</c><00:55:08.920><c> receiving</c><00:55:09.300><c> the</c><00:55:09.539><c> message,</c><00:55:10.420><c> Judah</c><00:55:10.559><c> would</c><00:55:10.739><c> be</c><00:55:10.980><c> face</c> 00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:13.079 to<00:55:11.440><c> face</c><00:55:11.679><c> with</c><00:55:11.860><c> this</c><00:55:12.039><c> reality.</c> 00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:17.619 Tamar<00:55:14.900><c> is</c><00:55:15.099><c> a</c><00:55:15.199><c> woman</c><00:55:15.760><c> who</c><00:55:16.199><c> was</c><00:55:16.420><c> taken</c><00:55:16.679><c> from</c><00:55:16.860><c> her</c><00:55:17.119><c> family,</c> 00:55:17.980 --> 00:55:21.239 forced<00:55:18.219><c> to</c><00:55:18.420><c> marry</c><00:55:18.579><c> a</c><00:55:18.639><c> wicked</c><00:55:18.940><c> man,</c><00:55:19.659><c> dishonored</c><00:55:20.139><c> by</c><00:55:20.619><c> her</c><00:55:20.840><c> husband,</c> 00:55:21.679 --> 00:55:24.199 accused<00:55:21.940><c> of</c><00:55:22.139><c> causing</c><00:55:22.539><c> the</c><00:55:23.039><c> death</c><00:55:23.340><c> of</c><00:55:23.539><c> her</c><00:55:23.719><c> husband</c><00:55:23.960><c> that</c><00:55:24.079><c> she</c> 00:55:24.199 --> 00:55:25.519 didn't<00:55:24.480><c> cause,</c> 00:55:25.860 --> 00:55:28.840 taken<00:55:26.059><c> and</c><00:55:26.059><c> forgotten</c><00:55:26.639><c> by</c><00:55:26.940><c> the</c><00:55:27.079><c> one</c><00:55:27.199><c> who</c><00:55:28.039><c> had</c><00:55:28.159><c> the</c><00:55:28.320><c> legal</c><00:55:28.539><c> duty</c> 00:55:28.840 --> 00:55:29.840 to<00:55:29.000><c> help</c><00:55:29.179><c> her,</c> 00:55:30.239 --> 00:55:32.860 left<00:55:30.239><c> to</c><00:55:30.440><c> a</c><00:55:30.500><c> family</c><00:55:30.840><c> who</c><00:55:31.000><c> didn't</c><00:55:31.239><c> want</c><00:55:31.400><c> her</c><00:55:31.599><c> back,</c> 00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:37.980 who<00:55:34.559><c> had</c><00:55:35.260><c> Tamar,</c><00:55:35.719><c> who</c><00:55:35.880><c> had</c><00:55:36.139><c> not</c><00:55:36.420><c> taken</c><00:55:36.659><c> her</c><00:55:36.860><c> legal</c><00:55:37.159><c> right</c><00:55:37.559><c> to</c> 00:55:37.980 --> 00:55:40.820 shame<00:55:38.239><c> him</c><00:55:38.840><c> and</c><00:55:39.059><c> to</c><00:55:39.260><c> spit</c><00:55:39.380><c> in</c><00:55:39.460><c> his</c><00:55:39.760><c> face,</c> 00:55:41.019 --> 00:55:45.360 who<00:55:41.199><c> he</c><00:55:41.480><c> just</c><00:55:41.679><c> ordered</c><00:55:41.920><c> to</c><00:55:42.139><c> death</c><00:55:42.820><c> for</c><00:55:43.579><c> the</c><00:55:43.760><c> indiscretion</c><00:55:44.920><c> of</c> 00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:47.639 carrying<00:55:45.679><c> his</c><00:55:46.059><c> child.</c> 00:55:53.800 --> 00:55:57.039 Upon<00:55:54.400><c> receiving</c><00:55:54.800><c> back</c><00:55:55.119><c> his</c><00:55:55.579><c> bracelet</c><00:55:56.000><c> and</c><00:55:56.360><c> staff</c><00:55:56.500><c> and</c><00:55:56.760><c> signet</c> 00:55:57.039 --> 00:56:02.239 and<00:55:57.320><c> faced</c><00:55:57.539><c> with</c><00:55:57.840><c> the</c><00:55:58.340><c> discretion</c><00:55:59.000><c> in</c><00:56:00.659><c> Tamar's</c><00:56:01.179><c> question,</c> 00:56:03.079 --> 00:56:05.320 I<00:56:03.179><c> think</c><00:56:03.340><c> Judah</c><00:56:03.500><c> found</c><00:56:03.820><c> himself</c><00:56:04.179><c> face</c><00:56:04.480><c> to</c><00:56:04.619><c> face</c><00:56:04.760><c> with</c><00:56:04.960><c> something</c><00:56:05.179><c> he</c> 00:56:05.320 --> 00:56:06.780 couldn't<00:56:05.579><c> comprehend.</c> 00:56:09.420 --> 00:56:14.320 Something<00:56:09.820><c> that</c><00:56:10.000><c> just</c><00:56:10.199><c> wouldn't</c><00:56:10.400><c> fit</c><00:56:11.179><c> on</c><00:56:11.960><c> his</c><00:56:12.239><c> way</c><00:56:12.480><c> of</c><00:56:12.760><c> understanding</c><00:56:13.619><c> sin</c> 00:56:14.320 --> 00:56:15.360 and<00:56:14.559><c> hurts.</c> 00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:17.340 Do<00:56:16.039><c> you</c><00:56:16.059><c> know</c><00:56:16.119><c> what</c><00:56:16.199><c> that</c><00:56:16.380><c> was?</c> 00:56:44.860 --> 00:56:47.099 Does<00:56:44.920><c> that</c><00:56:46.239><c> help?</c> 00:56:50.599 --> 00:56:57.119 Judah<00:56:50.820><c> had</c><00:56:51.119><c> no</c><00:56:51.400><c> answer</c><00:56:51.639><c> for</c><00:56:51.860><c> that</c><00:56:52.940><c> because</c><00:56:54.780><c> grace</c><00:56:55.500><c> does</c><00:56:56.760><c> not</c> 00:56:57.119 --> 00:56:59.440 fit<00:56:57.820><c> in</c><00:56:58.500><c> this</c><00:56:58.739><c> period.</c> 00:57:08.780 --> 00:57:11.659 This<00:57:09.539><c> would</c><00:57:09.739><c> have</c><00:57:09.900><c> blown</c><00:57:10.300><c> Judah</c><00:57:10.679><c> away.</c> 00:57:14.860 --> 00:57:17.420 Do<00:57:15.280><c> you</c><00:57:15.280><c> think</c><00:57:15.360><c> he</c><00:57:15.599><c> would</c><00:57:15.880><c> have</c><00:57:15.920><c> seen</c><00:57:16.159><c> the</c><00:57:16.460><c> contrast</c><00:57:17.000><c> between</c> 00:57:17.420 --> 00:57:23.659 himself<00:57:18.380><c> and</c><00:57:19.659><c> how</c><00:57:19.800><c> he</c><00:57:20.059><c> dealt</c><00:57:20.280><c> with</c><00:57:20.519><c> hurts</c><00:57:20.800><c> and</c><00:57:21.760><c> what</c><00:57:21.940><c> she</c><00:57:22.159><c> just</c><00:57:22.380><c> did?</c> 00:57:28.059 --> 00:57:31.500 So<00:57:28.679><c> the</c><00:57:28.940><c> words</c><00:57:29.260><c> escape</c><00:57:29.880><c> Judah's</c><00:57:30.420><c> lips</c><00:57:30.619><c> that</c><00:57:30.900><c> forever</c><00:57:31.219><c> change</c> 00:57:31.500 --> 00:57:32.599 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object</c><00:57:57.500><c> of</c><00:57:57.659><c> each</c><00:57:57.920><c> one</c><00:57:58.079><c> is</c><00:57:58.280><c> really</c><00:57:58.559><c> in</c><00:57:58.880><c> common.</c> 00:58:00.000 --> 00:58:03.679 The<00:58:00.239><c> object</c><00:58:00.559><c> of</c><00:58:00.760><c> each</c><00:58:01.059><c> one</c><00:58:01.579><c> is</c><00:58:02.019><c> to</c><00:58:02.219><c> protect</c><00:58:02.579><c> self.</c> 00:58:06.739 --> 00:58:13.760 And<00:58:07.579><c> Tamar</c><00:58:08.420><c> had</c><00:58:10.079><c> just</c><00:58:10.500><c> protected</c><00:58:11.159><c> him</c><00:58:11.920><c> when</c><00:58:12.860><c> she</c><00:58:13.300><c> was</c><00:58:13.539><c> about</c> 00:58:13.760 --> 00:58:15.019 to<00:58:13.960><c> die.</c> 00:58:15.739 --> 00:58:19.119 Had<00:58:16.559><c> just</c><00:58:16.880><c> protected</c><00:58:17.579><c> his</c><00:58:18.079><c> honor.</c> 00:58:23.179 --> 00:58:27.159 And<00:58:23.440><c> maybe</c><00:58:23.760><c> 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you</c><00:59:45.400><c> know</c><00:59:45.579><c> what,</c><00:59:46.139><c> friends</c><00:59:46.139><c> and</c><00:59:46.239><c> sisters,</c><00:59:46.500><c> we're</c><00:59:46.679><c> going</c><00:59:46.880><c> to</c> 00:59:46.900 --> 00:59:47.300 take<00:59:47.000><c> away</c><00:59:47.099><c> the</c><00:59:47.199><c> hurts.</c> 00:59:47.360 --> 00:59:49.000 Do<00:59:47.480><c> you</c><00:59:47.559><c> know</c><00:59:47.559><c> why</c><00:59:47.559><c> you're</c><00:59:47.679><c> going</c><00:59:47.780><c> to</c><00:59:47.820><c> do</c><00:59:48.019><c> that?</c> 00:59:49.340 --> 00:59:50.820 You're<00:59:49.739><c> going</c><00:59:49.860><c> to</c><00:59:50.019><c> forgive.</c> 00:59:52.079 --> 00:59:53.380 Just<00:59:52.480><c> forgive.</c> 00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:56.860 Just<00:59:54.960><c> forgive</c><00:59:55.400><c> the</c><00:59:55.780><c> hurts.</c> 00:59:58.619 --> 01:00:00.440 Why<00:59:58.780><c> aren't</c><00:59:58.960><c> you</c><00:59:59.059><c> 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