6Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.


In Context

3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.

4 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.

5 She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.

6 Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the Lord 's sight; so the Lord put him to death.

8 Then Judah said to Onan, "Lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother."

Genesis 38:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:6And Juda took a wife for Her his firstborn, whose name was Thamar.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Tamar.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:6Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:6And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name is Tamar;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.