Genesis 38:2

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There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and slept with her.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3 : 3 Judah’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.
  • Gen 24:3 : 3 so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Judg 14:2 : 2 When he got home, he told his father and mother,“A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife.”
  • Judg 16:1 : 1 Samson’s Downfall Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her.
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Unequal Partners Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 38:1
    85%

    1Judah and Tamar At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

  • Gen 38:11-16
    6 verses
    80%

    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 38:5-8
    4 verses
    78%

    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.”

  • Gen 38:3
    76%

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

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Gen 38:19-24
    6 verses
    74%

    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!”

  • Mal 2:11
    70%

    11Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the LORD loves and has turned to a foreign god!

  • Gen 34:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Dinah and the Shechemites Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.

    2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.

  • Gen 24:38
    69%

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

  • Gen 30:4
    69%

    4So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

  • Exod 2:1
    69%

    1The Birth of the Deliverer A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.

  • Ruth 4:12
    68%

    12May your family become like the family of Perez– whom Tamar bore to Judah– through the descendants the LORD gives you by this young woman.”

  • Hos 1:3
    68%

    3So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.