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Genesis 38:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Genesis 38:21

Verse 21 of 30

Scripture focus

Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where [is] the harlot, that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this [place].

Genesis 38:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 38:21

Theological / Devotional

The harlot. The Hebrew word here translated “harlot” is different from that of v. 15, zanah, an unchaste woman. In verse 21 “harlot” is from qedeshah, “the consecrated one,” or “the devoted one.” Canaanite religious worship, like that of Greece, provided for both male and female prostitutes in great numbers. This profession was respectable among the Canaanites, and therefore in making inquiry for the “harlot” to whom he was to deliver the kid, Hirah used the more respectable term.

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