Genesis 38:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Then sayde Iuda vnto his sonne Onan: Go lie with thy brothers wife, and marye thyself with her, that thou mayest rayse vp sede vnto thy brother.

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  • Deut 25:5-9 : 5 Whan brethren dwell together, and one of them dye with out children, then shall not ye wife of the deed take a straunge man without, but hir kynsman shal go in vnto her, and take her to wyfe: 6 and the first sonne that she beareth, shal he set vp after the name of his brother which is deed, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7 But yf the man wyl not take his kynswoman, then shal his kinswoman go vp vnder the gate to the Elders, and saye: My kynsman refuseth to stere vp a name vnto his brother in Israel, and wyl not marye me. 8 Then shal the Elders of the cite call him, and comen with him. Yf he stonde then and saye: I wyl not take her, 9 then shal his kynswoman steppe forth vnto him before the Elders, and lowse a shue fro his fote, and spyt in his face, and shal answere, and saye: Thus shal it be done vnto euery man, that wyl not builde his brothers house. 10 And his name shalbe called in Israel, the vnshodd house.
  • Ruth 1:11 : 11 But Naemi sayde: Turne agayne my doughters, why wolde ye go with me? How can I haue children eny more in my body, to be youre husbandes?
  • Ruth 4:5-9 : 5 Boos saide: In the daye yt thou byest the lode out of ye hande of Naemi, thou must take Ruth also the Moabitisse the wife of the deed, that thou mayest rayse vp a name to ye deed in his inheritaunce. 6 The sayde he: I can not redeme it, lest I happlye destroye myne awne enheritaunce. Redeme thou yt I shulde redeme, for I can not redeme it. 7 But this was an olde custome in Israel concernynge the redemynge & chauginge, yt all matters mighte be stable, the one put of his shue, & gaue it vnto ye other: yt was the testimony in Israel. 8 And the nye kynsman sayde vnto Boos: Bye thou it, & he put of his shue. 9 And Boos sayde vnto the Elders and to all the people: Ye are witnesses this daie, yt I haue boughte out of the hande of Naemi, all that belonged to Eli Melech, and all that was Chilions and Mahelons: 10 And Ruth the Moabitisse Mahelons wife, take I to wife, that I maye rayse vp a name vnto ye deed in his inheritaunce, and that his name be not roted out from amonge his brethren, and out of the gate of his place: Of this are ye witnesses. 11 And all the people that was in the gate with the Elders, saide: We are witnesses. The LORDE make the woman that commeth in to thy house, as Rachel and Lea ( which both haue buylded vp the house of Israel) that she maye be an ensample of vertue in Ephrata, and haue an honorable name in Bethleem.
  • Matt 22:23-27 : 23 The same daye there came vnto him the Saduces (which holde that there is no resurreccion) and axed him, 24 and sayde: Master, Moses sayde: Yf a man dye, hauynge no children, his brother shal mary his wife, & rayse vp sede vnto his brother. 25 Now were there with us seue brethren. The first maried a wife, and dyed: & for somoch as he had no sede, he left his wife vnto his brother. 26 Like wyse the secode, and thirde vnto the seueth. 27 Last of all the woman dyed also.
  • Lev 18:16 : 16 Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife, for it is thy brothers preuytie.
  • Num 36:8-9 : 8 & euery doughter that possesseth eny enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the children of Israel, shal be maryed vnto one of the kynred of the trybe of hir father: yt euery one amonge the children of Israel maye enioye his fathers enheritaunce, 9 and that the enheritaunce fall not from one trybe to another: but that euery one maye cleue to his awne enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the children of Israel.

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  • Gen 38:9-11
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    9 But when Onan knewe that the sede shulde not be his owne, whan he laye with his brothers wife, he let it fall vpon the earth and destroyed it, yt he shulde not geue sede vnto his brother.

    10 This thinge that he dyd displeased the LORDE sore, and he slewe him also.

    11 Then sayde Iudas vnto Thamar his sonnes wyfe. Remayne a wyddow in thy fathers house, tyll my sonne Sela be growne: for he thought: peraduenture he might dye also like as his brethren. So Thamar wente hir waye, and remained in hir fathers house.

  • Deut 25:5-7
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    5 Whan brethren dwell together, and one of them dye with out children, then shall not ye wife of the deed take a straunge man without, but hir kynsman shal go in vnto her, and take her to wyfe:

    6 and the first sonne that she beareth, shal he set vp after the name of his brother which is deed, that his name be not put out of Israel.

    7 But yf the man wyl not take his kynswoman, then shal his kinswoman go vp vnder the gate to the Elders, and saye: My kynsman refuseth to stere vp a name vnto his brother in Israel, and wyl not marye me.

  • Gen 38:1-7
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    1 It fortuned at the same time, yt Iuda wente downe fro his brethren, & gat him to a man called Hyra at Odollam.

    2 And there Iuda sawe a ma of Canaas doughter called Sua, and toke her. And whe he had lyen with her,

    3 she conceaued and bare a sonne, whom she called Er.

    4 And she conceaued agayne, & bare a sonwho she called Ona.

    5 She proceaded yet further, & bare a sonne, who she called Sela. And wha she had borne him, she left of bearinge.

    6 And Iuda gaue his first sonne Er a wife, whose name was Thamar.

    7 But he was wicked before the LORDE, therfore the LORDE slew him.

  • Gen 38:15-16
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    15 Now whan Iuda sawe her, he thought it had bene an whoore, for she had couered hir face:

    16 and he gat him to her in the waye, and saide: I praye the let me lye with the, for he knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe. She answered: What wilt thou geue me, that thou mayest lie with me?

  • Gen 24:38
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    38 but go yi waye to my fathers house and to myne owne kynred, and there take a wyfe for my sonne.

  • Num 26:19
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    19 The children of Iuda, Er & Onan, which both dyed in the lade of Canaan.

  • Gen 38:23-24
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    23 Iuda sayde: Let her take it vnto her, lest we happly be shamed, for I haue sent the kydd, and thou hast not founde her.

    24 After thre monethes it was tolde Iuda: Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath plaied the whoore: and beholde, by whordome is she gotten with childe. Iuda sayde: brynge her forth, that she maye be brent.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
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    3 The childre of Iuda: Er, Onan & Sela: these thre were borne vnto him of ye doughter Sua ye Cananitisse. Howbeit ye first sonne of Iuda was wicked before ye LORDE, & therfore he slewe him.

    4 But Thamar his sonnes wife bare him Phares & Zarah, so yt all ye childre of Iuda were fyue.

  • Mark 12:19-20
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    19 Master, Moses wrote vnto vs. Yf eny mans brother dye, and leaue a wife, and leaue no children, his brother shal take his wife, and rayse vp sede vnto his brother.

    20 Now were there seuen brethren: the first toke a wife, and dyed, and left no sede:

  • Luke 20:28
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    28 and sayde: Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, yf eny mans brother dye hauynge a wife, and dyeth without childre, then shal his brother take his wife, and rayse vp sede vnto his brother.

  • Gen 38:19
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    19 And she gat hir vp, and wente hir waye, and layed of hir cloke, and put on hir wyddowes garmetes agayne.

  • Lev 20:21
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    21 Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe, yt is an vncleane thinge: they shalbe without children, because he hath vncouered his brothers secretes.

  • Ruth 4:12
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    12 And thy house be as ye house of Phares ( who Thamar bare vnto Iuda) thorow the sede, that the LORDE shall geue the of this damsell.

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    16 Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife, for it is thy brothers preuytie.

  • Gen 38:26-27
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    26 Iuda knewe the, & sayde: She is more righteous the I, for I gaue hir not my sonne Sela: But he laye nomore with her.

    27 Whan the tyme came that she shulde be delyuered, there were two twyns founde in hir wombe.

  • Matt 22:24-25
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    24 and sayde: Master, Moses sayde: Yf a man dye, hauynge no children, his brother shal mary his wife, & rayse vp sede vnto his brother.

    25 Now were there with us seue brethren. The first maried a wife, and dyed: & for somoch as he had no sede, he left his wife vnto his brother.

  • Gen 19:34
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    34 On the morow the elder sayde vnto the yonger: Beholde, yesternight laye I with my father: let vs geue him wyne to drynke this night also: that thou mayest go in and lye with him, that we maye saue sede of oure father.

  • Matt 1:2
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    2 Abraha begat Isaac: Isaac begat Iacob: Iacob begat Iudas & his brethre:

  • Gen 38:13
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    13 Then was it tolde Thamar: beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp vnto Thimnath, to clyppe his shepe.

  • Gen 28:2
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    2 but get the vp, and go in to Mesopotamia vnto the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and take ye there a wife of ye doughters of Laban yi mothers brother.

  • Lev 18:14
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    14 Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers brother, to take his wife, for she is thine awnte.

  • Deut 25:9
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    9 then shal his kynswoman steppe forth vnto him before the Elders, and lowse a shue fro his fote, and spyt in his face, and shal answere, and saye: Thus shal it be done vnto euery man, that wyl not builde his brothers house.