Genesis 38:1

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Judah and Tamar At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

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  • 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family learned about it, they went down there to him.
  • 2 Sam 23:13 : 13 At the time of the harvest three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 Elisha Gives Life to a Boy One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.
  • Josh 15:35 : 35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Mic 1:15 : 15 Residents of Mareshah, a conqueror will attack you, the leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam.
  • Judg 4:18 : 18 Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him,“Stop and rest, my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.
  • Gen 19:2-3 : 2 He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.” 3 But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.
  • Josh 12:15 : 15 the king of Libnah(one), the king of Adullam(one),
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

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  • Gen 38:2-3
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    2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and slept with her.

    3She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

  • Gen 38:11-16
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    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar,“Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought,“I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

    12After some time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

    13Tamar was told,“Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

    14So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah.(She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)

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

    16He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”

  • Gen 38:19-24
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    19She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.

    20Then Judah had his friend Hirah the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge, but Hirah could not find her.

    21He asked the men who were there,“Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?” But they replied,“There has been no cult prostitute here.”

    22So he returned to Judah and said,“I couldn’t find her. Moreover, the men of the place said,‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”

    23Judah said,“Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

    24After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”

  • Gen 38:5-8
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    73%

    5Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

    6Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

    7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him.

    8Then Judah said to Onan,“Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.”

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
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    72%

    3Judah’s Descendants The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the LORD, so the LORD killed him.

    4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

  • Matt 1:2-3
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    2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

    3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah(by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

  • Gen 38:26-27
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    26Judah recognized them and said,“She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He was not physically intimate with her again.

    27When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • Judg 1:9-10
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    9Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills.

    10The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron.(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    70%

    1David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family learned about it, they went down there to him.

  • Gen 44:14
    70%

    14So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

  • Luke 3:33
    69%

    33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

  • Gen 24:38
    68%

    38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

  • Judg 1:16
    68%

    16Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of date palm trees to Arad in the wilderness of Judah, located in the Negev. They went and lived with the people of Judah.

  • Gen 46:28
    68%

    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.