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Genesis 38

Gen. 38:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass about three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
months
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
after, that it was told
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
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
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Tamar
Tamar (Hebrew #8559)
Tamar, the name of three women and a place
KJV usage: Tamar.
Pronounce: taw-mawr'
Origin: the same as 8558
thy daughter in law
kallah (Hebrew #3618)
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
KJV usage: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
Pronounce: kal-law'
Origin: from 3634
hath played the harlot
zanah (Hebrew #2181)
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
KJV usage: (cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
Pronounce: zaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton)
k; and also, behold, she is with child
hareh (Hebrew #2030)
from 2029; pregnant
KJV usage: (be, woman) with child, conceive, X great.
Pronounce: haw-reh'
Origin: or hariy (Hosea 14:1) {haw-ree'}
by whoredom
zanuwn (Hebrew #2183)
adultery; figuratively, idolatry
KJV usage: whoredom.
Pronounce: zaw-noon'
Origin: from 2181
. And 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
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Bring her forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and let her be burnt
saraph (Hebrew #8313)
to be (causatively, set) on fire
KJV usage: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
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Judg. 19:2• 2{i}And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time, —four months.{/i} (Judg. 19:2)
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Hos. 3:3• 3And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not commit lewdness, and thou shalt not be to a man: so I also toward thee. (Hos. 3:3)
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Lev. 21:9• 9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father; she shall be burnt with fire. (Lev. 21:9)
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Deut. 22:21• 21{i}then they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father's house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.{/i} (Deut. 22:21)
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2 Sam. 12:5• 5And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. {i}and he said to Nathan,{/i} As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: (2 Sam. 12:5)

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played the harlot.
Gen. 34:31• 31And they said, As with a harlot should he deal with our sister? (Gen. 34:31)
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Judg. 19:2• 2{i}And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time, —four months.{/i} (Judg. 19:2)
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Eccl. 7:26• 26And I find a thing more bitter than death,{HR}Even the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets,{HR}Whose hands [are] bands:{HR}Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;{HR}But the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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Jer. 2:20• 20{i}For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.{/i} (Jer. 2:20)
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Jer. 3:1,6,8• 1{i}They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.{/i}
 6{i}And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.{/i}
 8{i}And I saw that when for all the causes wherein backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet the treacherous Judah, her sister, feared not, but went and committed fornication also.{/i} (Jer. 3:1,6,8)
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Ezek. 16:15,28,41• 15But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown. {i}and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by: his it was.{/i}
 28{i}And thou didst commit fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou didst commit fornication with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.{/i}
 41And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgment upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire anymore. (Ezek. 16:15,28,41)
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Ezek. 23:5,19,44• 5{i}And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians her neighbours,{/i}
 19{i}Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she played the harlot in the land of Egypt;{/i}
 44{i}And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a whorish woman: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah the lewd women.{/i} (Ezek. 23:5,19,44)
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Hos. 2:5• 5because their mother hath committed lewdness, their parent hath acted shamefully; for she said, I will follow my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my wine. (Hos. 2:5)
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Hos. 3:3• 3And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not commit lewdness, and thou shalt not be to a man: so I also toward thee. (Hos. 3:3)
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Hos. 4:15• 15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, Jehovah liveth! (Hos. 4:15)
let her.
Gen. 20:3,7,9• 3{i}But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.{/i}
 7Now therefore restore the man his wife: for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
 9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. (Gen. 20:3,7,9)
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Lev. 20:10• 10{i}And a man that committeth adultery with a man's wife, who committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, —the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death.{/i} (Lev. 20:10)
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Lev. 21:9• 9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father; she shall be burnt with fire. (Lev. 21:9)
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Deut. 22:21‑27• 21{i}then they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father's house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.{/i}
 22{i}If a man be found lying with a man's wife, they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel.{/i}
 23{i}If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,{/i}
 24{i}then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.{/i}
 25{i}But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die;{/i}
 26{i}and unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter;{/i}
 27{i}for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her.{/i} (Deut. 22:21‑27)
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Deut. 24:16• 16{i}The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.{/i} (Deut. 24:16)
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2 Sam. 12:5,7• 5And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. {i}and he said to Nathan,{/i} As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
 7And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; (2 Sam. 12:5,7)
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Jer. 29:22‑23• 22and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
 23because they have committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 29:22‑23)
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Matt. 7:1‑5• 1Judge not that ye be not judged;
 2for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
 3And why lookest thou on the mote that [is] in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam in thine eye?
 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote from thine eye; and, behold, the beam [is] in thine eye?
 5Hypocrite, pull out first the beam out of thine eye, and then wilt thou see clearly to pull out the mote out of the eye of thy brother. (Matt. 7:1‑5)
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Rom. 2:1‑2• 1Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one that judgest: for wherein thou judgest the other, thou condemnest thyself, for thou that judgest doest the same things.
 2But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those that do such things. (Rom. 2:1‑2)
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Rom. 14:22• 22Hast thou faith? to thyself have [it] before God. Happy [is] he that judgeth not himself in what he approveth; (Rom. 14:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law has committed fornication, and behold, she is also with child by fornication. And Judah said, Bring her forth, that she may be burned.

W. Kelly Translation

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And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law has committed fornication, and behold, she is also with child by fornication. And Judah said, Bring her forth, that she may be burned.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)