Genesis 38:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.

Common English Bible

Judah married his oldest son Er to a woman named Tamar.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Judah gave a wife to his first born Er, whose name was Tamar.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Juda took a wife for Her his firstborn, whose name was Thamar.

Genesis 38:6 Cross References

Genesis 21:21

He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 24:3

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,

Genesis 38:5

Yet again she bore a son, and she named him Shelah. She was in Chezib when she bore him.

Genesis 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.

Matthew 1:3

and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram,