Genesis 38:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

And at that time Iudah went downe from his brethren, and turned in to a man called Hirah an Adullamite.

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  • 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 Dauid therefore departed thence, and saued him selfe in the caue of Adullam: & when his brethren & all his fathers house heard it, they went downe thither to him.
  • 2 Sam 23:13 : 13 Afterward three of the thirtie captaines went downe, and came to Dauid in the haruest time vnto the caue of Adullam, and the hoste of the Philistims pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.
  • Josh 15:35 : 35 Iarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, & Azekah,
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted.
  • Mic 1:15 : 15 Yet will I bring an heire vnto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, he shall come vnto Adullam, the glorie of Israel.
  • Judg 4:18 : 18 And Iael went out to meete Sisera, & sayd vnto him, Turne in, my lord, turne in to me: feare not; when he had turned in vnto her into her tent, she couered him with a mantell.
  • Gen 19:2-3 : 2 And he saide, See my Lords, I pray you turne in nowe into your seruants house, and tarie all night, and wash your feete, & ye shall rise vp early and goe your wayes. Who saide, Nay, but we will abide in the streete all night. 3 Then he preassed vpon them earnestly, and they turned in to him, and came to his house, and he made them a feast, and did bake vnleauened bread, and they did eate.
  • Josh 12:15 : 15 The King of Libnah, one: the King of Adullam, one:
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.

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  • Gen 38:2-3
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    2And Iudah sawe there the daughter of a man called Suah a Canaanite: and he tooke her to wife, and went in vnto her.

    3So she conceiued and bare a sonne, and he called his name Er.

  • Gen 38:11-16
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    11Then said Iudah to Tamar his daughter in lawe, Remaine a widowe in thy fathers house, till Shelah my sonne growe vp (for he thought thus, Least he die as well as his brethren.) So Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers house.

    12And in processe of time also the daughter of Shuah Iudahs wife dyed. Then Iudah, when he had left mourning, went vp to his sheepe sherers to Timnah, he, and his neighbour Hirah the Adullamite.

    13And it was tolde Tamar, saying, beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp to Timnah, to shere his sheepe.

    14Then she put her widowes garments off from her, and couered her with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate downe in Pethah-enaim, which is by the way to Timnah, because she sawe that Shelah was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife.

    15When Iudah sawe her, he iudged her an whore: for she had couered her face.

    16And he turned to the way towardes her, and saide, Come, I pray thee, let me lie with thee. (for he knewe not that she was his daughter in lawe) And she answered, What wilt thou giue me for to lie with me?

  • Gen 38:19-24
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    19Then she rose, and went and put her vaile from her and put on her widowes raiment.

    20Afterwarde Iudah sent a kid of the goates by the hande of his neighbour the Adullamite, for to receiue his pledge from the womans hand: but he found her not.

    21Then asked he the men of that place, saying, Where is ye whore, that sate in Enaim by the way side? And they answered, There was no whore here.

    22He came therefore to Iudah againe, and said, I can not finde her, and also the men of the place said, There was no whore there.

    23Then Iudah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: beholde, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

    24Now after three moneths, one tolde Iudah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the whore, and lo, with playing the whore, she is great with childe. Then Iudah saide, Bring ye her foorth and let her be burnt.

  • Gen 38:5-8
    4 verses
    73%

    5Moreouer she bare yet a sonne, whome she called Shelah: and Iudah was at Chezib when she bare him.

    6Then Iudah tooke a wife to Er his first borne sonne whose name was Tamar.

    7Now Er the first borne of Iudah was wicked in the sight of the Lord: therefore the Lord slewe him.

    8Then Iudah said to Onan, Goe in vnto thy brothers wife, and do the office of a kinsman vnto her, and raise vp seede vnto thy brother.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
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    3The sonnes of Iudah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were borne to him of ye daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest sonne of Iudah was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and he slew him.

    4And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah: so al the sonnes of Iudah were fiue.

  • Matt 1:2-3
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    2Abraham begate Isaac. And Isaac begate Iacob; Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren.

    3And Iudas begate Phares, and Zara of Thamar; Phares begate Esrom; Esrom begate Aram.

  • Gen 38:26-27
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    26Then Iudah knewe them, and said, She is more righteous then I: for she hath done it because I gaue her not to Shelah my sonne. So he lay with her no more.

    27Now, when the time was come that she should be deliuered, beholde, there were twinnes in her wombe.

  • Judg 1:9-10
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    9Afterwarde also the children of Iudah went downe to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountaine, and towarde the South, and in the lowe countrey.

    10And Iudah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron, which Hebron beforetime was called Kiriath-arba: and they slewe Sheshai, and Ahiman and Talmai.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    70%

    1Dauid therefore departed thence, and saued him selfe in the caue of Adullam: & when his brethren & all his fathers house heard it, they went downe thither to him.

  • Gen 44:14
    70%

    14So Iudah and his brethren came to Iosephs house (for he was yet there) and they fel before him on the ground.

  • Luke 3:33
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    33The sonne of Aminadab, the sonne of Aram, the sonne of Esrom, the sonne of Phares, the sonne of Iuda,

  • Gen 24:38
    68%

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

  • Judg 1:16
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    16And the childre of Keni Moses father in law went vp out of the citie of the palme trees with the children of Iudah, into the wildernesse of Iudah, that lieth in the South of Arad, & went and dwelt among the people.

  • Gen 46:28
    68%

    28The he sent Iudah before him vnto Ioseph, to direct his way vnto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.