Again an odd sound is inserted into the flow of a pattern of sound. The story of Jacob and his sons is interrupted by this story. An astonishing story of Tamar’s ingenuity. Tamar becomes an important sound in many genealogies that follow. She becomes the ancestor of the kings. There are questions as to why these sounds are here. It feels like the musician who continues to improvise while the band plays on.
It is a story that breaks out. This is reflected in the naming of her first son. ‘Perez’ which means ‘breaking out.’