Genesis 38:6

And Jehuda took a wife for Her his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5And she added again, and bare a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was in Kezib when she bare him.

7And Her the firstborn of Jehuda was evil before the Lord, and the Lord caused him to die.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:3And I will adjure thee by the Word of the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Kenaanaee among whom I dwell.

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 →

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