Genesis 38:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 38:2

Judah and Tamar

1 It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and ^avisited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.

2 And Judah ^asaw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was ^bShua, and he married her and went in to her.

3 So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name ^aEr.

4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name ^aOnan.

5 And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name ^aShelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.

6 Then Judah ^atook a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was ^bTamar.

7 But ^aEr, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, ^band the Lord killed him.

8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to ^ayour brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”

9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be ^ahis; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.

10 And the thing which he did¹ displeased the Lord; therefore He killed ^ahim also.

11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, ^a“Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt ^bin her father’s house.

12 Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah ^awas comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 38:2

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American Standard Version
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he took her, and went in unto her.

Amplified® Bible
There Judah saw {and} met a daughter of Shuah, a Canaanite; he took her as wife and lived with her.

Contemporary English Version
While there he met the daughter of Shua, a Canaanite man. Judah married her,

Darby English Version
And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.

Good News Bible
There Judah met a young Canaanite woman whose father was named Shua. He married her,

King James Version
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

New American Standard Bible
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her.

New International Version
There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and lay with her;

New King James Version
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite who had the name of Shua; and he took her and went in to her.

Revised Standard Version
There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; he married her and went in to her,

Young's Literal Translation
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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