Genesis 38:2
“And Iudah saw there a daughter of a certaine Canaanite, whose name was Shuah: and he tooke her, and went in vnto her.”
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Genesis 38:2 Context
1And it came to passe at that time, that Iudah went downe from his brethren, and turned in to a certaine Adullamite, whose name was Hirah: 2And Iudah saw there a daughter of a certaine Canaanite, whose name was Shuah: and he tooke her, and went in vnto her. 3And she conceiued & bare a sonne, and he called his name Er. 4And shee conceiued againe, and bare a sonne, and shee called his name, Onan.
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Other Translations for Genesis 38:2
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
- King James Version
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he took her, and went in unto her.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
- Basic English Bible
And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.
- Darby Bible
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in to her.
- Webster's Bible
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
- World English Bible
and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name [is] Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 38:2
38:2 He took her - To wife. His father, it should seem, was not consulted, but by his new friend Hirah.