The Story of Judah and Tamar

All right, we are now turning to Genesis 38, a new chapter in the book of Genesis. A really extraordinary chapter because of the content and also the placement. The fact that it's here in the Bible, if you stop and think about it, it's pretty intriguing. This is the story of Judah and Tamar. This is the story of how Judah, one of Jacob's twelve sons, we find out later, is the one who bears the birthright in the sense of the one who will continue... the seed will come through.
We find out later in Genesis, chapter 49, verse 10, that Judah will be the one through whom the one to rule comes, the Messiah will come through Judah.