Genesis 38:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Deut 25:5-9 : 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye, and haue no chylde, the wyfe of the dead shall not marry without vnto a straunger: but his kinsman shall go in vnto her, & take her to wife, and occupie the rowme of his kinsman. 6 And the eldest sonne whiche she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother whiche is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7 And if the man wyll not take his kinswoman, then let her go vp to the gate vnto the elders, and say: My kinsman refuseth to stirre vp vnto his brother a name in Israel, neither wyll he marry me. 8 Then the elders of his citie shall call hym, and commune with hym: and if he stande and say, I wyll not take her: 9 Then shall his kinswoman come vnto hym in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe of his foote, and spit in his face, and aunswere, and say: So shal it be done vnto that man, that doth not buylde vp his brothers house. 10 And his name shalbe called in Israel, the vnshodhouse.
  • Ruth 1:11 : 11 And Naomi sayde, Turne againe my daughters: for what cause will you go with me? Are there any moe children in my wombe, to be your husbandes?
  • Ruth 4:5-9 : 5 Then sayd Booz: What day thou biest the fielde of the hande of Naomi, thou must bye it also of Ruth the Moabite the wyfe of the dead, to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritaunce. 6 The kinsman aunswered: I can not redeeme it, for marring of myne owne inheritaunce: redeeme thou my right to thee, for I cannot redeeme it. 7 Nowe this was the maner of olde time in Israel concerning redeeming & chaunging, for to stablishe al thing: that a man must plucke of his shoe, & geue it his neyghbour: And this was a sure witnesse in Israel. 8 Therfore the kinsman sayde to Booz, Bye it thou: and so drue of his shoe. 9 And Booz sayde vnto the elders and vnto all the people: Ye are witnesses this day, that I haue bought all that was Elimelechs, and all that was Chilions, and Mahalons, of the hande of Naomi. 10 And moreouer, Ruth the Moabite the wyfe of Mahalo, haue I purchased to be my wyfe, to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritaunce, & that the name of the dead be not put out fro among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, sayde, We are witnesses: The Lord make the woma that is come into thyne house, lyke Rahel and Lea, whiche twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel: & that thou mayest do worthyly in Ephrata, and be famous in Bethlehem.
  • Matt 22:23-27 : 23 The same day came to hym the Saducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked hym, 24 Saying: Maister, Moyses sayde, that if a man dye, hauing no childre, his brother shoulde mary his wyfe, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother. 25 Ther were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maryed a wyfe, and deceassed without issue, and left his wyfe vnto his brother. 26 Likewyse, the seconde, and the thirde, vnto the seuenth. 27 Last of all, the woman dyed also.
  • Lev 18:16 : 16 Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife, for that is thy brothers nakednesse.
  • Num 36:8-9 : 8 And euery daughter that possesseth any inheritaunce in any tribe of the chyldre of Israel, shalbe wyfe vnto one of the kinred of the tribe of her father, that the chyldren of Israel may enioy euery man the inheritaunce of his father. 9 Neither ought the inheritaunce to go from one tribe to another: but euery one of the tribes of the chyldren of Israel shalbe ioyned to his owne inheritaunce.

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  • Gen 38:9-11
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    87%

    9And when Onan perceaued that the seede shoulde not be his, therfore when he wet in to his brothers wyfe, he spylled it on the grounde, & gaue not seede vnto his brother.

    10And the thyng which he dyd, displeased the Lorde: wherfore he slewe hym also.

    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.

  • Deut 25:5-7
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    76%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye, and haue no chylde, the wyfe of the dead shall not marry without vnto a straunger: but his kinsman shall go in vnto her, & take her to wife, and occupie the rowme of his kinsman.

    6And the eldest sonne whiche she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother whiche is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

    7And if the man wyll not take his kinswoman, then let her go vp to the gate vnto the elders, and say: My kinsman refuseth to stirre vp vnto his brother a name in Israel, neither wyll he marry me.

  • Gen 38:1-7
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    1About that tyme Iudas went downe from his brethren, and gate him to a man called Hirah of Adulam.

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

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

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

    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.

  • Gen 38:15-16
    2 verses
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    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 24:38
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    38But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

  • Num 26:19
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    19The children of Iuda, Er and Onan, and Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Chanaan.

  • Gen 38:23-24
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    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.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
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    73%

    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.

  • Mark 12:19-20
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    19Maister, Moyses wrote vnto vs, yf any mans brother dye, and leaue his wyfe behynde hym, & leaue no chyldren: that his brother shoulde take his wyfe, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

    20There were seuen brethren: and the first toke a wyfe, and when he dyed, left no seede behynde hym.

  • Luke 20:28
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    28Saying: Maister, Moyses wrote vnto vs, yf any mans brother dye, hauyng a wyfe, and he dye without chyldren: that then his brother shoulde take his wyfe, & rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

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

  • Lev 20:21
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    21If a man take his brothers wyfe, it is an vncleane thyng: he hath vncouered his brothers nakednesse, they shalbe chyldlesse.

  • Ruth 4:12
    71%

    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.

  • Lev 18:16
    71%

    16Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife, for that is thy brothers nakednesse.

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
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    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.

  • Matt 22:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24Saying: Maister, Moyses sayde, that if a man dye, hauing no childre, his brother shoulde mary his wyfe, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

    25Ther were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maryed a wyfe, and deceassed without issue, and left his wyfe vnto his brother.

  • Gen 19:34
    69%

    34And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the younger: beholde, yesternight lay I with my father: let vs make hym drynke wyne this nyght also, & go thou and lye with hym, that thou mayest rayse vp seede of our father. And they made their father drynke wyne that nyght also.

  • Matt 1:2
    69%

    2Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Iacob, Iacob begat Iudas, and his brethren.

  • Gen 38:13
    68%

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

  • Gen 28:2
    68%

    2Arise, and get thee to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and there take thee a wyfe of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.

  • Lev 18:14
    68%

    14Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy fathers brother, that is, thou shalt not go in vnto his wyfe, whiche is thyne aunt.

  • Deut 25:9
    68%

    9Then shall his kinswoman come vnto hym in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe of his foote, and spit in his face, and aunswere, and say: So shal it be done vnto that man, that doth not buylde vp his brothers house.