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Genesis 38:1–5

Judah and Tamar

38 At that time, Judahu left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullamv named Hirah.w There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua.x He married her and made love to her; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.y She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.z She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah.a It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.

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Genesis 38:1–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her, and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she bore him.

Genesis 38:1–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

Genesis 38:1–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

About this time, Judah left home and moved to Adullam, where he stayed with a man named Hirah. There he saw a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, and he married her. When he slept with her, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and he named the boy Er. Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, and she named him Onan. And when she gave birth to a third son, she named him Shelah. At the time of Shelah’s birth, they were living at Kezib.

Genesis 38:1–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her. So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.

Genesis 38:1–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

About that time, Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man named Hirah in the town of Adullam. There Judah met a Canaanite girl, the daughter of a man named Shua, and married her. Judah had sexual relations with her, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom Judah named Er. Later she gave birth to another son and named him Onan. Still later she had another son and named him Shelah. She was at Kezib when this third son was born.

Genesis 38:1–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her. And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

Genesis 38:1–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a man of Adullam whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her. And she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Er. And she again conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.

Genesis 38:1–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

About that time Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man from Adullam whose name was Hirah. There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua. He married her and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son namedEr. She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, whom she named Onan. Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah. He was born at Kezib. 

Genesis 38:1–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

At that time Judah left his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah. There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua; he took her as a wife and slept with her. She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er. She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan. She gave birth to another son and named him Shelah. It was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

Genesis 38:1–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and settled near a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; he married her and went in to her. She conceived and bore a son; and he named him Er. Again she conceived and bore a son whom she named Onan. Yet again she bore a son, and she named him Shelah. She was in Chezib when she bore him.

Genesis 38:1–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And it happened that at that time Judah went down from his brothers and pitched his tent near a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite there whose name was Shua. And he took her and went in to her. And she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. And she conceived again and bore a son, and he called his name Onan. And once again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. And he was in Chezib when she bore him.

Genesis 38:1–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

At that time, Judah left his brothers. He went down to stay with a man named Hirah. Hirah was from the town of Adullam.

There Judah met the daughter of a man from Canaan. His name was Shua. Judah married her and made love to her. She became pregnant. She had a son. They named him Er. She became pregnant again and had another son. She named him Onan. She had still another son. She named him Shelah. He was born at Kezib.

Genesis 38:1–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

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

So she conceived and bore a son and he named him Er.

Then she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan.

She bore still another son and named him Shelah; and it was at Chezib that she bore him.


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