Genesis 38:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name `is' Hirah;

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  • 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;
  • 2 Sam 23:13 : 13 And three of the thirty heads go down and come unto the harvest, unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the company of the Philistines are encamping in the valley of Rephaim,
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there `is' a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread,
  • Josh 15:35 : 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
  • Mic 1:15 : 15 Yet the possessor I do bring in to thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, To Adullam come in doth the honour of Israel.
  • Judg 4:18 : 18 and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him, `Turn aside, my lord, turn aside unto me, fear not;' and he turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him with a coverlet.
  • Gen 19:2-3 : 2 and he saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.' 3 And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat.
  • Josh 12:15 : 15 The king of Libnah, one; The king of Adullam, one;
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

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  • Gen 38:2-3
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    2and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name `is' Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her.

    3And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;

  • Gen 38:11-16
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    11And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, `Lest he die -- even he -- like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.

    12And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.

    13And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'

    14and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which `is' by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.

    15And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,

    16and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she `is' his daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

  • Gen 38:19-24
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    19and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of her widowhood.

    20And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.

    21And he asketh the men of her place, saying, `Where `is' the separated one -- she in Enayim, by the way?' and they say, `There hath not been in this `place' a separated one.'

    22And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, `I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this `place' a separated one,'

    23and Judah saith, `Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'

    24And it cometh to pass about three months `after', that it is declared to Judah, saying, `Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, `Bring her out -- and she is burnt.'

  • Gen 38:5-8
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    5and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

    6And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name `is' Tamar;

    7and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.

    8And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
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    3Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death.

    4And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah `are' five.

  • Matt 1:2-3
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    2Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren,

    3and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram,

  • Gen 38:26-27
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    26And Judah discerneth and saith, `She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;' and he hath not added to know her again.

    27And it cometh to pass in the time of her bearing, that lo, twins `are' in her womb;

  • Judg 1:9-10
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    9and afterwards have the sons of Judah gone down to fight against the Canaanite, inhabiting the hill-country, and the south, and the low country;

    10and Judah goeth unto the Canaanite who is dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron formerly `is' Kirjath-Arba), and they smite Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    70%

    1And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;

  • Gen 44:14
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    14And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;

  • Luke 3:33
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    33the `son' of Amminadab, the `son' of Aram, the `son' of Esrom, the `son' of Pharez,

  • Gen 24:38
    68%

    38If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.

  • Judg 1:16
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    16And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, have gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah `to' the wilderness of Judah, which `is' in the south of Arad, and they go and dwell with the people.

  • Gen 46:28
    68%

    28And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;