Genesis 38:6 - The Scriptures 2009

And Yehuḏah took a wife for Ěr his first-born, and 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

And he dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Mitsrayim.

Genesis 24:3

so that I make you swear by יהוה, the Elohim of the heavens and the Elohim of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Kena‛anites, among whom I dwell,

Genesis 38:5

And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shĕlah. And he was at Keziḇ when she bore him.

Genesis 38:7

But Ěr, Yehuḏah’s first-born, was evil in the eyes of יהוה, and יהוה took his life.

Matthew 1:3

And Yehuḏah brought forth Perets and Zeraḥ by Tamar, and Perets brought forth Ḥetsron, and Ḥetsron brought forth Ram.