Genesis 38:6

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

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  • Gen 21:21 : 21 While living in the wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
  • Gen 24:3 : 3 I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.
  • Matt 1:3 : 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar; Perez was the father of Hezron; Hezron was the father of Ram.

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  • Gen 38:7-8
    2 verses
    84%

    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.'

  • Gen 38:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    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.

    3She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

    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.

  • Gen 38:10-16
    7 verses
    80%

    10What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight, so the LORD put him to death also.

    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.

    12After a long time, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he went up to Timnah to his sheep shearers, accompanied by his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

    13When Tamar was told, 'Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,'

    14So she took off her widow's garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah had grown up, but she had not been given to him as a wife.

    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 38:23-27
    5 verses
    78%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Matt 1:3
    71%

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

  • Ruth 4:12
    70%

    12May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.

  • Gen 38:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19Then she got up and left, took off her veil, and put back on her widow's garments.

    20Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to retrieve the pledge from the woman, but he could not find her.

  • Num 26:19
    69%

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

  • 1 Chr 2:26
    68%

    26Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

  • Gen 46:12
    67%

    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.