Genesis 38:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
38 2 The marriage of Judah. 7, 9 The trespass of Er and Onan, and the vengeance of God that came thereupon. 18 Judah lieth with his daughter-in-law Tamar. 24 Tamar is judged to be burnt for whoredom. 29, 30 The birth of Perez and Zerah.
1 And at that time [a]Judah went down from his brethren, and turned into a man called Hirah an Adullamite.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a man called (A)Shua a [b]Canaanite: and he took her to wife, and went into her.
3 So she conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Er.
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- Genesis 38:1 Moses describeth the genealogy of Judah, because the Messiah should come of him.
- Genesis 38:2 Which affinity notwithstanding was condemned of God.
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