Genesis 38:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name `is' Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3 : 3 Sons 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.
  • Gen 24:3 : 3 and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah, (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan.) And sons of Pharez are Hezron and Hamul.
  • Judg 14:2 : 2 and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, `A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.'
  • Judg 16:1 : 1 And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king's house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman `is' of very good appearance,
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking `is there' to righteousness and lawlessness?
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And the woman seeth that the tree `is' good for food, and that it `is' pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make `one' wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 and sons of God see the daughters of men that they `are' fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them -- they `are' the heroes, who, from of old, `are' the men of name.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 38:1
    85%

    1And 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;

  • Gen 38:11-16
    6 verses
    80%

    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 38:5-8
    4 verses
    78%

    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;'

  • Gen 38:3
    76%

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

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    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;

  • Gen 38:19-24
    6 verses
    74%

    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.'

  • Mal 2:11
    70%

    11Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

  • Gen 34:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

    2and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

  • Gen 24:38
    69%

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

  • Gen 30:4
    69%

    4and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

  • Exod 2:1
    69%

    1And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,

  • Ruth 4:12
    68%

    12and let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.'

  • Hos 1:3
    68%

    3And he goeth and taketh Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceiveth and beareth to him a son;