Genesis 38:2
And Yehudah saw there a bat ish Kena'ani shmo Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3She conceived, and bore ben; and he called shmo Er.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And when the isha saw that HaEtz was tov for food, and that it was delight to the eyes, and HaEtz to be coveted to make one have seichel, she took of the p'ri thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her ish with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 6:4HaNefilim were on ha'aretz in those yamim; and also after that, when the bnei HaElohim came in unto the banot HaAdam, and they bore children to them, the same became gibborim which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 28:1And Yitzchak called for Ya'akov, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take an isha of the Banot Kena'an.
Genesis 46:12And the Bnei Yehudah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Peretz, and Zerach; but Er and Onan died in Eretz Kena'an. And the Bnei Peretz were Chetzron and Chamul.
Judges 16:1Then went Shimshon to Azah (Gaza), and saw there a zonah, and went in unto her.
1 Chronicles 2:3The Bnei Yehudah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, which three were born unto him of Bat-Shu'a the Kena'anit. And Er, the bechor of Yehudah, was rah in the eyes of Hashem; and He put him to death.
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 →