KJV 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.
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Genesis 38:2
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
WEB World English Bible
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 38
1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
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וַיַּרְא־H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeשָׁ֧םH8033 · shamthereיְהוּדָ֛הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanכְּנַעֲנִ֖יH3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaaniteוּשְׁמ֣וֹH8034 · shemnameשׁ֑וּעַH7770 · shu.aShuaוַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוַיָּבֹ֥אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלֶֽיהָ׃H413 · elto(wards)
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 2:3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.Genesis 6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.Genesis 34:2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.2 Corinthians 6:14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Judges 16:1Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.Genesis 6:4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.Judges 14:2And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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