Genesis 38:1

וַֽיְהִי בָּעֵת הַהִוא וַיֵּרֶד יְהוּדָה מֵאֵת אֶחָיו וַיֵּט עַד ־ אִישׁ עֲדֻלָּמִי וּשְׁמוֹ חִירָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וַיַּרְא ־ שָׁם יְהוּדָה בַּת ־ אִישׁ כְּנַעֲנִי וּשְׁמוֹ שׁוּעַ וַיִּקָּחֶהָ וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶֽיהָ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 19:2וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֶּה נָּא ־ אֲדֹנַי סוּרוּ נָא אֶל ־ בֵּית עַבְדְּכֶם וְלִינוּ וְרַחֲצוּ רַגְלֵיכֶם וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּם וַהֲלַכְתֶּם לְדַרְכְּכֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹּא כִּי בָרְחוֹב נָלִֽין ׃

Joshua 15:35יַרְמוּת וַעֲדֻלָּם שׂוֹכֹה וַעֲזֵקָֽה ׃

1 Samuel 22:1וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד מִשָּׁם וַיִּמָּלֵט אֶל ־ מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶחָיו וְכָל ־ בֵּית אָבִיו וַיֵּרְדוּ אֵלָיו שָֽׁמָּה ׃

2 Kings 4:8וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וַיַּעֲבֹר אֱלִישָׁע אֶל ־ שׁוּנֵם וְשָׁם אִשָּׁה גְדוֹלָה וַתַּחֲזֶק ־ בּוֹ לֶאֱכָל ־ לָחֶם וַֽיְהִי מִדֵּי עָבְרוֹ יָסֻר שָׁמָּה לֶאֱכָל ־ לָֽחֶם ׃

Proverbs 13:20הלוך אֶת ־ חֲכָמִים וחכם וְרֹעֶה כְסִילִים יֵרֽוֹעַ ׃

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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