Genesis 38:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3 : 3 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.
  • Gen 24:3 : 3 And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Judg 14:2 : 2 And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.
  • Judg 16:1 : 1 Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 38:1
    85%

    1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.

  • Gen 38:11-16
    6 verses
    80%

    11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

    12 And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.

    13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

    14 She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

    15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

    16 And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

  • Gen 38:5-8
    4 verses
    78%

    5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

    6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

    7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

    8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

  • Gen 38:3
    76%

    3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.

    4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26 Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

    27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

  • Gen 38:19-24
    6 verses
    74%

    19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

    20 Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.

    21 And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

    22 So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

    23 And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.

    24 Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

  • Mal 2:11
    70%

    11 Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.

  • Gen 34:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

    2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

  • Gen 24:38
    69%

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • Gen 30:4
    69%

    4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

  • Exod 2:1
    69%

    1 Now a man of the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi.

  • Ruth 4:12
    68%

    12 May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.

  • Hos 1:3
    68%

    3 So he took as his wife Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she gave birth to a son.