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Genesis 38:1
Genesis 38:1 is verse 1 of Genesis chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
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.
World English Bible
At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
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Genesis 38:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
3 So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 19:2and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
Genesis 19:3But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Judges 4:18Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
2 Kings 4:8One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Joshua 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
1 Samuel 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
2 Samuel 23:13At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
Micah 1:15I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.