Genesis 38:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And there he saw ye daughter of a man called Sua, a Chanaanite: and he toke her, and went in to her.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3 : 3 The sonnes of Iuda: Er, Onan, and Sela: These three were borne vnto him of Bath Sua ye Chanaanitesse. And Er the eldest sonne of Iuda was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and he slue him.
  • Gen 24:3 : 3 And I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites, amongest which I dwel:
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 Whom whe Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey sawe, he toke her, & lay with her, and forced her.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The children of Iuda: Er, & Onan, Selah, & Phares, and Zarah: but Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Chanaan. The children of Phares also were Hesron and Hamul.
  • Judg 14:2 : 2 And he came vp, and told his father and his mother, & said: I haue sene a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines: & nowe geue me her to wyfe.
  • Judg 16:1 : 1 Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 And in an euening tyde, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the kinges palace, and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe, and the woman was very beautifull to loke vpon.
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers. For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse?
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And so the woman, seing that the same tree was good to eate of, and pleasaunt to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, toke of the fruite therof, and dyd eate, and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her, and he dyd eate.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 38:1
    85%

    1About that tyme Iudas went downe from his brethren, and gate him to a man called Hirah of Adulam.

  • Gen 38:11-16
    6 verses
    80%

    11Then sayde Iudas to Thamar his daughter in lawe: Remayne a wydowe at thy fathers house, tyll Selah my sonne be growen. (For he sayde, lest peraduenture he dye also as his brethren dyd.) And Thamar went & dwelt in her fathers house.

    12And in processe of tyme, the daughter of Sua Iudas wyfe dyed: Then Iudas when he had left mournyng, went vnto his sheepe shearers to Thinmath, he and his friende Hirah of Adulam.

    13And one tolde Thamar, saying: beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp to Thimnath to sheare his sheepe.

    14And she put her widowes garmentes of from her, and couered her with a vayle, and disguysed her selfe, and sate her downe in an open place, whiche is by the way syde to Thimnath, for because that she sawe Selah was growen, and she was not geuen vnto hym to wyfe.

    15When Iuda sawe her, he thought it had ben an harlot, because she had couered her face.

    16And he turned to her vnto the way, & sayde, Come I praye thee, let me lye with thee. (For he knewe not that it was his daughter in law.) And she answered: What wylt thou geue me for to lye with thee?

  • Gen 38:5-8
    4 verses
    78%

    5And she conceaued agayne, and bare yet a sonne, whom she called Selah: & he was at Chezib whe she bare him.

    6And Iudas gaue Er his first borne sonne a wyfe, whose name was Thamar.

    7And Er Iudas first borne sonne was wicked in the syght of the Lorde, and the Lorde slewe hym.

    8And Iudas sayde vnto Onan: Go in to thy brothers wyfe, and marrie her, that thou mayest stirre vp seede vnto thy brother.

  • Gen 38:3
    76%

    3And she conceaued, and bare a sonne, and called his name Er.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3The sonnes of Iuda: Er, Onan, and Sela: These three were borne vnto him of Bath Sua ye Chanaanitesse. And Er the eldest sonne of Iuda was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and he slue him.

    4And Thamar his daughter in lawe bare him Pharez, and Zara: and so all the sonnes of Iuda were fiue.

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26And Iuda acknowledged them, and saide: She hath ben more righteous then I, because I gaue her not Selah my sonne. And he lay with her no more.

    27But when the tyme was come that she shoulde be deliuered, beholde there was two twynnes in her wombe.

  • Gen 38:19-24
    6 verses
    74%

    19And she gate her vp, and went, and put her vayle from her, and put on her wydowes rayment.

    20And Iudas sent the kyd by his friende Adulam, for to receaue his pledge againe from the womans hand: but he founde her not.

    21Then asked he the men of the same place, saying: where is the harlot that sate openly by ye wayes syde? They aunswered: There is no harlot here.

    22He came therfore to Iuda againe, and sayde vnto hym, I can not fynde her: and also the men of the place sayde, that there was no harlot there.

    23And Iuda sayde: Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: beholde, I sent the kyd, & thou hast not found her.

    24And it came to passe, after three monethes one tolde Iuda, saying: Thamar thy daughter in lawe hath played the harlot, and with playing the harlot is become great with chylde. And Iuda sayde: Bryng her foorth, that she may be brent.

  • Mal 2:11
    70%

    11Iuda hath offended, & abhomination is committed in Israel and in Hierusalem? for Iuda hath defiled the holynesse of the Lorde which he loued, and hath maried the daughter of a straunge God.

  • Gen 34:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Dina the daughter of Lea, whiche she bare vnto Iacob, went out to see the daughters of the lande.

    2Whom whe Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey sawe, he toke her, & lay with her, and forced her.

  • Gen 24:38
    69%

    38But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

  • Gen 30:4
    69%

    4And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her.

  • Exod 2:1
    69%

    1And there went a man out of the house of Leui, and toke to wyfe a daughter of Leui.

  • Ruth 4:12
    68%

    12Thy house be like the house of Pharez (whom Thamar bare vnto Iuda) eue of the seede whiche the Lord shall geue thee of this young woman.

  • Hos 1:3
    68%

    3So he went and toke Gomer the daughter of Deblaim: whiche conceaued and bare him a sonne.