Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4888

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4888. 'And he did not find her' means because nothing of marriage existed on his - Judah's - side. For he did not go in to her as to a wife but as to a prostitute, on account of which Tamar did not want the kid of the she-goats, by which a conjugial pledge was meant, 4885. There was nothing of genuine marriage even on Tamar's side, for she joined herself as a daughter-in-law to her father-in-law under the pretext that the duty of a near kinsman was being performed. This is the meaning of the words 'he did not find her'.


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