Genesis 38:26

Contemporary English Version 1995

“Those are mine!” Judah admitted. “She's a better person than I am, because I broke my promise to let her marry my son Shelah.” After this, Judah never slept with her again.

Cross References

1 Samuel 24:17

and said: David, you're a better person than I am. You treated me with kindness, even though I've been cruel to you.

John 8:9

The people left one by one, beginning with the oldest. Finally, Jesus and the woman were there alone.

Romans 13:12

Night is almost over, and day will soon appear. We must stop behaving as people do in the dark and be ready to live in the light.

Romans 3:19

We know that everything in the Law was written for those who are under its power. The Law says these things to stop anyone from making excuses and to let God show that the whole world is guilty.

Matthew 3:8

Do something to show you have really given up your sins.

Habakkuk 1:13

But you can't stand sin or wrong. So don't sit by in silence while they gobble up people who are better than they are.

Ezekiel 16:52

So their punishment will seem light compared to yours. You will be disgraced and put to shame because of your disgusting sins.

Job 40:5

I did speak once or twice, but never again.

Job 4:5

But now you feel discouraged when struck by trouble.

2 Samuel 24:17

David saw the angel killing everyone and told the Lord, “These people are like sheep with me as their shepherd. I have sinned terribly, but they have done nothing wrong. Please, punish me and my family instead of them!”

2 Samuel 20:3

David had left ten of his wives in Jerusalem to take care of his palace. But when he came back, he had them taken to another house, and he placed soldiers there to guard them. He gave them whatever they needed, but he never slept with any of them again. They had to live there for the rest of their lives as if they were widows.

2 Samuel 16:22

Absalom had a tent set up on the flat roof of the palace, and everyone watched as he went into the tent with his father's wives.

Genesis 38:14

She also realized that Shelah was now a grown man, but she had not been allowed to marry him. So she decided to dress in something other than her widow's clothes and to cover her face with a veil. After this, she sat outside the town of Enaim on the road to Timnah.

Genesis 37:33

Jacob knew it was Joseph's coat and said, “It's my son's coat! Joseph has been torn to pieces and eaten by some wild animal.”

Genesis 4:1

Adam and Eve had a son. Then Eve said, “I'll name him Cain because I got him with the help of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 24:18

You've told me how you were kind enough not to kill me when the Lord gave you the chance.