Genesis 38:6
And Judas took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Thamar.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
In Context
5And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them.
7And Er, the first-born of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him.
Cross References
Genesis 24:3and I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Chananites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:2-12
Judah's Profligacy. ( b. c. 1717.) 1 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. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at… Read the whole commentary →