Genesis 38:2 - Exposition

And Judah saw there the daughter of a certain (literally, of a man, a ) Canaanite ,—not of a merchant (Onkelos), but of an inhabitant of the land of Canaan— whose name was Shuah ;—"Wealth," "Riches," "Cry for Help" (Gesenius). This was not the name of Judah's wife ( LXX .), but of her father—(vide Genesis 38:12 )—and he took her,— i.e. married her (viz. Genesis 6:2 ; Genesis 24:67 )— and went in unto her .