Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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- KJV And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
- BSB Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
- NKJV Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
- NASB Now Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
- NLT In the course of time, Judah arranged for his firstborn son, Er, to marry a young woman named Tamar.
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- Gen 24:3I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- Gen 21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- Matt 1:3Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
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