Genesis 38:6

38:6 Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

Genesis 49:32

49:32 The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”


tn Heb “and Judah took.”

tn Some translate the Hebrew term “Heth” as “Hittites” here (see also Gen 23:3), but this gives the impression that these people were the classical Hittites of Anatolia. However, there is no known connection between these sons of Heth, apparently a Canaanite group (see Gen 10:15), and the Hittites of Asia Minor. See H. A. Hoffner, Jr., “Hittites,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 152-53.