Genesis 38:26

38:26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He did not have sexual relations with her again.

Genesis 38:1

Judah and Tamar

38:1 At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

Genesis 24:17

24:17 Abraham’s servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a sip of water from your jug.”

Genesis 24:1

The Wife for Isaac

24:1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.

Genesis 2:1

2:1 The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them. 10 


tn Traditionally “more righteous”; cf. NCV, NRSV, NLT “more in the right.”

tn Heb “and he did not add again to know her.” Here “know” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

tn Heb “went down from.”

tn Heb “and he turned aside unto.”

tn Heb “a man, an Adullamite.”

tn Heb “and the servant.” The word “Abraham’s” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “days.”

tn Heb “Abraham.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.

tn See the note on the phrase “the heavens and the earth” in 1:1.

10 tn Heb “and all the host of them.” Here the “host” refers to all the entities and creatures that God created to populate the world.