Genesis 38:6

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:21 : 21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
  • 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.
  • Matt 1:3 : 3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah(by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

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  • Gen 38:7-8
    2 verses
    84%

    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 38:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

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

    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.

    4She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

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

  • Gen 38:10-16
    7 verses
    80%

    10What he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him too.

    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 38:23-27
    5 verses
    78%

    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!”

    25While they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law:“I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” Then she said,“Identify the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.”

    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.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    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 1:3
    71%

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

  • Ruth 4:12
    70%

    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.”

  • Gen 38:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Num 26:19
    69%

    19Judah The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

  • 1 Chr 2:26
    68%

    26Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam’s mother.

  • Gen 46:12
    67%

    12The 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.