Genesis 38:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

She conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er.

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  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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  • Gen 38:4-9
    6 verses
    86%

    4She conceived again and bore a son, and she named him Onan.

    5Yet again she conceived and bore a son, and named him Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.

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

    7But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

    8Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.

    9But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.

    4And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • Gen 38:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1At that time, Judah left his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; he took her and went in to her.

  • 1 Chr 7:23
    76%

    23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

  • Gen 29:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore his name was called Levi.

    35And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now I will praise the LORD; therefore she called his name Judah; and she stopped bearing.

  • Num 26:19
    73%

    19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:12
    72%

    12And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Gen 38:23-27
    5 verses
    72%

    23Judah said, Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock; after all, I sent the young goat, and you did not find her.

    24About three months later, it was told Judah, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, she is pregnant by harlotry. Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.

    25As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant. She also said, Discern, please, whose these are—the signet, the bracelets, and the staff.

    26Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he never knew her again.

    27When the time came for her to give birth, behold, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 30:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

    24She named him Joseph and said, "The LORD shall add to me another son."

  • Matt 1:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers;

    3And Judah begat Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Aram;

  • Hos 1:8
    70%

    8Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son.

  • 1 Chr 1:18
    69%

    18And Arphaxad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

  • Gen 38:11
    68%

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Stay a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up; for he thought, Lest he also die like his brothers. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

  • Gen 38:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

    16He turned to her by the roadside and said, Let me come in to you; for he did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?

  • Gen 38:18
    68%

    18He said, What pledge shall I give you? She replied, Your signet, your bracelets, and your staff that is in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

  • Gen 38:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. She said, How have you broken through? This breach is upon you. Therefore he was named Perez.

    30Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and he was named Zerah.

  • Gen 30:5
    67%

    5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    67%

    34Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • Hos 1:3
    67%

    3So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, who conceived and bore him a son.