Genesis 38:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.

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  • 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 ¶ David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], they went down thither to him.
  • 2 Sam 23:13 : 13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 ¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where [was] a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And [so] it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
  • Josh 15:35 : 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 ¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Mic 1:15 : 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
  • Judg 4:18 : 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
  • Gen 19:2-3 : 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
  • Josh 12:15 : 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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  • Gen 38:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

    3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

  • Gen 38:11-16
    6 verses
    78%

    11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

    12 ¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

    13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

    14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

    15 When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.

    16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

  • Gen 38:19-24
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    76%

    19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

    20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

    21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where [is] the harlot, that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this [place].

    22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place].

    23 And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

    24 ¶ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • Gen 38:5-8
    4 verses
    73%

    5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

    6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.

    7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

    8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

    4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.

  • Matt 1:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

    3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
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    26 And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

    27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb.

  • Judg 1:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 ¶ And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

    10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    70%

    1 ¶ David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], they went down thither to him.

  • Gen 44:14
    70%

    14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he [was] yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

  • Luke 3:33
    69%

    33 Which was [the son] of Aminadab, which was [the son] of Aram, which was [the son] of Esrom, which was [the son] of Phares, which was [the son] of Juda,

  • Gen 24:38
    68%

    38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

  • Judg 1:16
    68%

    16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

  • Gen 46:28
    68%

    28 ¶ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.