Devine Scripture

Genesis 38:6

Genesis chapter 38 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.

Context

v.5And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

v.6This passage

v.7And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 21:21

    And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  • Matthew 1:3

    and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram;

  • Genesis 24:3

    and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: