The daughter-in-law of Judah, to whose eldest son, Er, she was married (Gen. 38:6). After her husband’s death, she was married to Onan, his brother (8), and on his death, Judah promised to her that his third son, Shelah, would become her husband. This promise was not fulfilled, and hence Tamar’s revenge and Judah’s great guilt (38:12-30).
Person
Tamar
- Name means
- palm; palm-tree
- Also called
- Thamar
- Belongs to
- Genealogy of Jesus
- Mentioned
- 7 verses · first in Genesis 38:6
Family
About Tamar
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
On the timeline
- 1720 BCBirth of PerezGenesis 38:29
Every mention
Others called Tamar
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.