Genesis 38:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:21 : 21 and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
  • 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;
  • Matt 1:3 : 3 and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram,

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  • Gen 38:7-8
    2 verses
    84%

    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 38:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    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;

    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;

    4and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;

    5and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

  • Gen 38:10-16
    7 verses
    80%

    10and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.

    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 38:23-27
    5 verses
    78%

    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.'

    25She is brought out, and she hath sent unto her husband's father, saying, `To a man whose these `are', I `am' pregnant;' and she saith, `Discern, I pray thee, whose `are' these -- the seal, and the ribbons, and the staff.'

    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;

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    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 1:3
    71%

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

  • Ruth 4:12
    70%

    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.'

  • Gen 38:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Num 26:19
    69%

    19Sons of Judah `are' Er and Onan; and Er dieth -- Onan also -- in the land of Canaan.

  • 1 Chr 2:26
    68%

    26And Jerahmeel hath another wife, and her name `is' Atarah, she `is' mother of Onam.

  • Gen 46:12
    67%

    12And 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.