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Genesis 38:6
Genesis 38:6 is verse 6 of Genesis chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
King James Version
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
World English Bible
Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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Genesis 38:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
5 Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
6 Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Genesis 24:3and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.