Genesis 38:1
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38 2 The marriage of Judah. 7, 9 The trespass of Er and Onan, and the vengeance of God that came thereupon. 18 Judah lieth with his daughter-in-law Tamar. 24 Tamar is judged to be burnt for whoredom. 29, 30 The birth of Perez and Zerah.
1 And at that time [a]Judah went down from his brethren, and turned into a man called Hirah an Adullamite.
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- Genesis 38:1 Moses describeth the genealogy of Judah, because the Messiah should come of him.
Genesis 38:3
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3 So she conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Er.
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Genesis 38:8
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8 And Judah said to Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and do the office of a kinsman unto her, and raise [a]up seed unto thy brother.
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- Genesis 38:8 This order was for the preservation of the stock, that the child begotten by the second brother should have the name and inheritance of the first: which is in the new Testament abolished.
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