Genesis 38:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Gen 21:21 : 21 And he dwelt in the wyldernesse of Paran, and his mother got hym a wyfe out of the lande of Egypt.
  • 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:
  • Matt 1:3 : 3 Iudas begat Phares, and Zara of Thamar, Phares begat Esrom, Esrom begat Aram.

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  • Gen 38:7-8
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    84%

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

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

  • Gen 38:1-5
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    1 About that tyme Iudas went downe from his brethren, and gate him to a man called Hirah of Adulam.

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

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

    4 And she conceaued agayne, and bare a sonne, and called hym Onan.

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

  • Gen 38:10-16
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    10 And the thyng which he dyd, displeased the Lorde: wherfore he slewe hym also.

    11 Then 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.

    12 And 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.

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

    14 And 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.

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

    16 And 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 38:23-27
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    23 And Iuda sayde: Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: beholde, I sent the kyd, & thou hast not found her.

    24 And 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.

    25 And when they brought her foorth, she sent to her father in lawe, saying: By the man vnto whom these thynges pertaine am I with chylde: And saide also, Loke I pray thee whose are these, this seale, and this bracelet, and this staffe.

    26 And 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.

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

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
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    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.

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

  • 3 Iudas begat Phares, and Zara of Thamar, Phares begat Esrom, Esrom begat Aram.

  • 12 Thy 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.

  • Gen 38:19-20
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    19 And she gate her vp, and went, and put her vayle from her, and put on her wydowes rayment.

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

  • 19 The children of Iuda, Er and Onan, and Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Chanaan.

  • 26 And Ierahmeel had yet another wyfe named Atara, which was the mother of Onam.

  • 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.