Genesis 38:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 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.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.

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  • Gen 38:4-9
    6 verses
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    4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.

    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.

    9 But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    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 38:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • 1 Chr 7:23
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    23 After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.

  • Gen 29:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.

    35 And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.

  • Num 26:19
    73%

    19 The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:12
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 38:23-27
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    72%

    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.

    25 And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?

    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 30:23-24
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    23 And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

    24 And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.

  • Matt 1:2-3
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    2 The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;

    3 And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram;

  • Hos 1:8
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    8 Now when Lo-ruhamah had been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son.

  • 1 Chr 1:18
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    18 And Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

  • Gen 38:11
    68%

    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.

  • Gen 38:15-16
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    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 38:18
    68%

    18 And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

  • Gen 38:29-30
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    29 But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

    30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

  • Gen 30:5
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    5 And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    67%

    34 And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • Hos 1:3
    67%

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