Genesis 38:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

KJV

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

WEB

Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

ASV

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

LSV

And Judah takes a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name [is] Tamar;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And Juda took a wife for Her his firstborn, whose name was Thamar.

GNV

Then Iudah tooke a wife to Er his first borne sonne whose name was Tamar.

JPS

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

LXXE

And Judas took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Thamar.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּקַּ֧ח יְהוּדָ֛ה אִשָּׁ֖ה לְעֵ֣ר בְּכוֹר֑וֹ וּשְׁמָ֖הּ תָּמָֽר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἰούδας γυναῖκα Ἢρ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ αὐτοῦ, ᾗ ὄνομα Θάμαρ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 24:3and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
• Genesis 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
• Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

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