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Genesis 38

Gen. 38:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass at that time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
, that Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
went down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
from his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, and turned
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
in to a certain
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
Adullamite
`Adullamiy (Hebrew #5726)
an Adullamite or native of Adullam
KJV usage: Adullamite.
Pronounce: ad-ool-law-mee'
Origin: patrial from 5725
, whose name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
was Hirah
Chiyrah (Hebrew #2437)
Chirah, an Adullamite
KJV usage: Hirah.
Pronounce: khee-raw'
Origin: from 2357 in the sense of splendor
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Adullamite,
Brethren,
Hirah,
Judah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah.
6-7:  Er's marriage with Tamar, and death.
8-10:  The trespass of Onan.
11:  Tamar is reserved for Shelah.
12:  Judah's wife dies.
13-26:  Tamar deceives Judah.
27-30:  She bears twins, Pharez and Zarah.
A.M. 2265.
B.C. 1739.it came.As there cannot be above 23 years from the selling of Joseph, unto Israel's going down into Egypt; and as it is impossible that Judah should take a wife, and by her have three sons successively, and Shelah, the youngest, marriageable when Judah begat Pharez of Tamar, and Pharez be grown up, married, and have two sons, all within so short a period; Mr. Ainsworth conceives that the time here spoken of is soon after Jacob's coming to Shechem, (ch. 33.)
We have accordingly adapted the chronology to correspond with that time.turned.
Gen. 19:2‑3• 2and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.
 3And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house. And he made them a repast, and baked unleavened cakes; and they ate. (Gen. 19:2‑3)
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Judg. 4:18• 18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in to her, into the tent, and she covered him with the quilt. (Judg. 4:18)
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2 Kings 4:8• 8And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. (2 Kings 4:8)
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Prov. 9:6• 6Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence. (Prov. 9:6)
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)
Adullamite.An inhabitant of Adullam, a city of Canaan, afterwards given to Judah, situated in the southern part of that tribe, west of Hebron.
Josh. 12:15• 15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; (Josh. 12:15)
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Josh. 15:35• 35Jarmuth and Adullam, Sochoh and Azekah, (Josh. 15:35)
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1 Sam. 22:1• 1And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And his brethren and all his father's house heard it, and they went down thither to him. (1 Sam. 22:1)
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2 Sam. 23:13• 13And three of the thirty chiefs went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, when the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim. (2 Sam. 23:13)
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Mic. 1:15• 15I will yet bring unto thee an heir, O inhabitress of Mareshah; the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam. (Mic. 1:15)
• it is well that we should know what the character and conduct of Judah was, whom we afterward see the object of wondrous counsels on God’s part. (“Genesis 38” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a man of Adullam whose name was Hirah.