Genesis 38:3

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She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

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  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. However, Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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  • Gen 38:4-9
    6 verses
    86%

    4She conceived again and gave birth to another son, and she named him Onan.

    5She gave birth to yet another son and named him Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she gave birth to him.

    6Judah arranged a wife for Er, his firstborn son. Her name was Tamar.

    7But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD put him to death.

    8Then Judah said to Onan, 'Lie with your brother's widow, perform your duty as her brother-in-law, and produce offspring for your brother.'

    9However, Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, so whenever he went in to his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to avoid producing offspring for his brother.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua, the Canaanite. However, Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.

    4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Perez and Zerah. The total number of Judah’s sons was five.

  • Gen 38:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1At that time, Judah left his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite man named Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and had relations with her.

  • 1 Chr 7:23
    76%

    23He went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah because evil had come upon his family.

  • Gen 29:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, 'Now at this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore, he was named Levi.

    35She conceived yet again and gave birth to a son and said, 'This time I will praise the LORD.' Therefore, she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

  • Num 26:19
    73%

    19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:12
    72%

    12The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. However, Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Gen 38:23-27
    5 verses
    72%

    23Judah said, 'Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I sent her this young goat, but you didn’t find her.'

    24About three months later, Judah was told, 'Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant as a result.' Judah said, 'Bring her out and let her be burned!'

    25As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, 'I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.' And she added, 'Please examine them. Whose seal, cord, and staff are these?'

    26Judah recognized them and said, 'She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.' And he did not have relations with her again.

    27When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 30:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, 'God has taken away my disgrace.'

    24She named him Joseph and said, 'May the LORD add another son to me.'

  • Matt 1:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

    3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar; Perez was the father of Hezron; Hezron was the father of Ram.

  • Hos 1:8
    70%

    8After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.

  • 1 Chr 1:18
    69%

    18Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

  • Gen 38:11
    68%

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, 'Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up,' for he thought, 'He might die too, just like his brothers.' So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

  • Gen 38:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

    16He turned aside to her by the roadside and said, 'Come now, let me sleep with you.' He did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She asked, 'What will you give me to sleep with you?'

  • Gen 38:18
    68%

    18He asked, 'What pledge should I give you?' She answered, 'Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand.' So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she conceived by him.

  • Gen 38:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29But then he pulled his hand back, and his brother came out. She said, 'What a breach you have made for yourself!' So he was named Perez.

    30Afterward, his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and he was named Zerah.

  • Gen 30:5
    67%

    5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    67%

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

  • Hos 1:3
    67%

    3So he went and married Gomer, daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.