Genesis 38:2 “There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he too…”

Genesis 38:2

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

World English Bible

There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

American Standard Version

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Iudah sawe there the daughter of a man called Suah a Canaanite: and he tooke her to wife, and went in vnto her.

Darby Translation

And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.

Young's Literal Translation

and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name [is] Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her.

Bible in Basic English

And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.

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Cross references

“saw”

Genesis 24:3 Genesis 3:6 Genesis 6:2 Genesis 34:2 Judges 14:2 Judges 16:1

Genesis 24:3 · BSB

and 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,

Genesis 3:6 · BSB

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate i…

Genesis 6:2 · BSB

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Genesis 34:2 · BSB

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

Judges 14:2 · BSB

So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”

Judges 16:1 · BSB

One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.

“Shuah”

1 Chronicles 2:3 Genesis 46:12

1 Chronicles 2:3 · BSB

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.

Genesis 46:12 · BSB

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

“took”

Genesis 6:4

Genesis 6:4 · BSB

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

3So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

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