Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 38:22
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place].
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her,…. That is, the Adullamite returned to him, and informed him that he could not find the harlot to whom he was sent to deliver the kid and receive the pledge, after he had made the strictest inquiry for her he could:
and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place]; by which it appears, that near the place where Tamar was, there was a town or city, and which was so free from such infamous persons, that there was not one in it that was known to be of such a character, at least, that in such a public manner exposed herself: it would be well if the same could be said of many other places.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Lev 21:9 . As Tamar was by right betrothed to Judah’s third son, no doubt it was adultery in her.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place].
Ver. 22. There was no harlot in this place. ] Few places can say so. Every house in Egypt had a dead corpse in it; and too many houses here have such, as, “living in pleasure, are dead while they live.” 1Ti 5:6 a Of this sort was that Arlet, a skinner’s daughter in Normandy, whose nimbleness in her dance made Duke Robert enamoured, &c. On her he begat our William the Conqueror. b In spite to whom, and disgrace to his mother, the English called all whores, harlets. But who can read without detestation, that in Rome a Jewess may not be admitted into the stews, unless she will be first baptized? as Espencaeus, an honest Papist, complains. c
a Sane, hercle, homo voluptati obsequens fuit dum vixit. – Terent.
b Heyl., Geog., p. 96.
c Espencae., De Continentia, lib. iii. cap. 4.