Genesis 38:1

A little bit later, Jacob's son Judah left the family camp and went to stay with a man named Hirah in a place called Adullam.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2While he was living there, he met a Canaanite woman who was the daughter of a man named Shua. They got married and slept together as husband and wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:2He said, “My lords. Come and stay in my house. You can wash your feet and rest before you leave tomorrow.” The angels answered, “No, it's ok! We will sleep outside in the park.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:1

This chapter gives us an account of Judah and his family, and such an account it is that one would wonder that, of all Jacob's sons, our Lord should spring out of Judah, Heb. vii. 14 . If we were to form a character of him by this story, we should not say, "Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise," ch. xlix. 8 . But God will show that his choice is of grace and not of merit, and that Christ came into the world to save sinners, even the chief, and is not ashamed, upon their repentance, to be allied to… Read the whole commentary →

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