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1 A u to vreme dogodi se, te Juda otide od braće svoje i uvrati se kod nekog Odolamejca, kome ime beše Iras.

2 I onde vide Juda kćer nekog Hananejca, kome ime beše Sava, i uze je i leže s njom;

3 I ona zatrudne i rodi sina, kome nadede ime Ir.

4 I opet zatrudnevši rodi sina, kome nadede ime Avnan.

5 I opet rodi sina, i nadede mu ime Silom; a Juda beše u Hasvi kad ona toga rodi.

6 I Juda oženi prvenca svog Ira devojkom po imenu Tamara.

7 Ali Ir prvenac Judin beše nevaljao pred Gospodom, i ubi ga Gospod.

8 A Juda reče Avnanu: Uđi k ženi brata svog i oženi se njom na ime bratovo, da podigneš seme bratu svom.

9 A Avnan, znajući da neće biti njegov porod, kad leže sa ženom brata svog prosipaše na zemlju, da ne rodi dece bratu svom.

10 Ali Gospodu ne bi milo što činjaše, te ubi i njega.

11 I Juda reče Tamari snasi svojoj: Ostani udovicom u kući oca svog dokle odraste Silom sin moj. Jer govoraše: Da ne umre i on kao braća mu. I otide Tamara, i živeše u kući oca svog.

12 A kad prođe mnogo vremena, umre kći Savina, žena Judina. I kad se Juda uteši, pođe u Tamnu k ljudima što mu strižahu ovce, sam s Irasom prijateljem svojim Odolamejcem.

13 I javiše Tamari govoreći: Eto svekar tvoj ide u Tamnu da striže ovce svoje.

14 A ona skide sa sebe udovičko ruho svoje, i uze pokrivalo i pokri lice, i sede na raskršće na putu koji ide u Tamnu. Jer vide da je Silom odrastao, a nju još ne udaše za nj.

15 A Juda kada vide, pomisli da je kurva, jer beše pokrila lice svoje.

16 Pa svrnu s puta k njoj i reče joj: Pusti da legnem s tobom. Jer nije poznao da mu je snaha. A ona reče: Šta ćeš mi dati da legneš sa mnom?

17 A on reče: Poslaću ti jare iz stada. A ona reče: Ali da mi daš zalog dokle ga ne pošalješ.

18 A on reče: Kakav zalog da ti dam? A ona reče: Eto, prsten i rubac, i štap što ti je u ruci. I on joj dade, te leže s njom, i ona zatrudne od njega.

19 Posle ustavši Tamara otide i skide pokrivalo sa sebe i obuče udovičko ruho.

20 A Juda posla jare po prijatelju svom Odolamejcu da mu donese natrag od žene zalog. Ali je on ne nađe.

21 Pa pitaše ljude po onom mestu gde je ona bila govoreći: Gde je ona kurva što je bila na raskršću na ovom putu? A oni rekoše: Nije ovde bilo kurve.

22 I vrati se k Judi i reče: Ne nađoh je, nego još rekoše meštani: Nije ovde bilo kurve.

23 A Juda reče: Neka joj, da se ne sramotimo; ja sam slao jare, ali je ti ne nađe.

24 A kad prođe do tri meseca dana, javiše Judi govoreći: Tamara snaha tvoja učini preljubu, i evo zatrudne od preljube. A Juda reče: Izvedite je da se spali.

25 A kad je povedoše, posla k svekru svom i poruči: S čovekom čije je ovo zatrudnela sam. I reče: Traži čiji je ovaj prsten i rubac i štap.

26 A Juda pozna i reče: Pravija je od mene, jer je ne dadoh sinu svom Silomu. I više ne leže s njom.

27 A kad dođe vreme da rodi, a to blizanci u utrobi njenoj.

28 I kad se porađaše, jedno dete pomoli ruku, a babica uze i veza mu crven konac oko ruke govoreći: Ovaj je prvi.

29 Ali on uvuče ruku, i gle izađe brat njegov, a ona reče: Kako prodre? Prodiranje neka ti bude. I nadeše mu ime Fares.

30 A posle izađe brat mu, kome oko ruke beše crveni konac, i nadeše mu ime Zara.

   

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4874. 'And she said, Your seal' means a token of consent. This is clear from the meaning of 'a seal' as a token of consent. The reason 'a seal' means a token of consent is that in ancient times decrees were authenticated by means of one, and therefore 'a seal' strictly speaking means authentication itself, and so a witness to the truth of the matter. Tamar's demand for his seal, cord, and rod as a pledge that the kid of the she-goats (which subsequently she did not accept) would be sent holds an arcanum which cannot in any way be known without the internal sense. The arcanum is this: 'A kid of the she-goats' meant that which belonged to genuine marriage, and consequently meant everything internal, for everything genuine is at the same time something internal. But nothing like this existed on Judah's side, and therefore, as is evident from what follows, Tamar did not accept the kid of the she-goats, but instead took something external with which the internal aspect of the Church, meant by 'Tamar', could be joined. The external aspect of the Church is meant by the seal, cord, and rod - actual consent by 'the seal', external truth by 'the cord', and the power of that truth by 'the rod'. These are also pledges assuring a joining to the external or natural man.

[2] The joining of internal truth to something external, that is, to the semblance of religion existing among the Jewish nation, is represented by Tamar's being joined to Judah as a daughter-in-law joined to her father-in-law under the pretext that the duty of a near kinsman was being performed. But the joining of the semblance of religion existing among the Jewish nation to the internal aspect of the Church is represented by Judah's being joined to Tamar as to a prostitute. This is exactly what these joinings together are like, but it is not so easy to give an intelligible explanation of the essential nature of them. Their essential nature is laid quite bare before the eyes of angels and good spirits, for it is set before them in the light of heaven. In this light the arcana of the Word are laid bare in broad daylight so to speak, quite unlike their appearance in the light of the world which man sees by. Let just a brief word be said about this. The representatives which had been established among the descendants of Jacob were not exactly the same as those which existed in the Ancient Church. For the most part they were like those in the Church established by Eber, which was called the Hebrew Church. Within this Church many new forms of worship existed, such as burnt offerings and sacrifices, which had been unknown in the Ancient Church, and other forms besides these. To these representatives the internal aspect of the Church was not linked in the way it had been to the representatives of the Ancient Church. But in what way the internal aspect of the Church was linked to the representatives among the Jewish nation, and these representatives to that internal aspect, is described in the internal sense by Tamar's being joined to Judah as a daughter-in-law to her father-in-law under the pretext that the duty of a near kinsman was being performed, and by Judah's being joined to Tamar as to a prostitute. Regarding the Hebrew Church, see 1238, 1241, 1327, 1343, 3031, 4516, 4517; and for information about the sacrifices offered in this Church not being a feature of the Ancient Church, 923, 1128, 1343, 2180, 2818.

  
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