Genesis 38:1

It came about at that time that Judah left his brothers and stayed with a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

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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

2He met there a daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua. He married her and slept with her.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:2He said, “Please my masters, I urge you to turn aside into your servant's house, stay for the night, and wash your feet. Then you can rise up early and go on your way.” They replied, “No, we will spend the night in the town square.”

Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah,

1 Samuel 22:1So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

2 Kings 4:8One day Elisha walked to Shunem where an important woman lived; she urged him to eat food with her. So as often as Elisha passed by, he would stop there to eat.

Proverbs 13:20Walk with wise people and you will be wise, 1 but the companion of fools will suffer harm. 1

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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