Genesis 37-41: ”Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors”
Unshaken Saints
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Leverett Marriage
The story is not about er. It's about tamar here. And for this, we have to understand a part of their culture. The law of leveret marriage says the widow now needs to marry the brother in law and their first child will actually belong to the departed brother who's already passed on. We saw sarah give hagar to abrahamto sure that posterity could come. This is the example in scripture where we see it played out most dramatically according to the law of leverett marriage.
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