And Judah (A)saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was (B)Shua, and he married her and went in to her.

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There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua.(A) He married her and made love to her;

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From Judah to David(A)

The sons of (B)Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of (C)Shua, the Canaanitess. (D)Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; so He killed him.

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Judah(A)

To Hezron’s Sons

The sons of Judah:(B)

Er, Onan and Shelah.(C) These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua.(D) Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.(E)

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and I will make you (A)swear[a] by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that (B)you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:3 take an oath

I want you to swear(A) by the Lord, the God of heaven(B) and the God of earth,(C) that you will not get a wife for my son(D) from the daughters of the Canaanites,(E) among whom I am living,(F)

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14 (A)Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For (B)what [a]fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what [b]communion has light with darkness?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:14 in common
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:14 fellowship

Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together(A) with unbelievers.(B) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(C)

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Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed (A)and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he (B)saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

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One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof(A) of the palace. From the roof he saw(B) a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,

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Samson and Delilah

16 Now Samson went to (A)Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

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Samson and Delilah

16 One day Samson(A) went to Gaza,(B) where he saw a prostitute.(C) He went in to spend the night with her.

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So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, (A)get her for me as a wife.”

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When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”(A)

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12 The sons of (A)Judah were (B)Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). (C)The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

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12 The sons of Judah:(A)

Er,(B) Onan,(C) Shelah, Perez(D) and Zerah(E) (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).(F)

The sons of Perez:(G)

Hezron and Hamul.(H)

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And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he (A)took her and lay with her, and violated her.

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When Shechem(A) son of Hamor(B) the Hivite,(C) the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.(D)

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There were [a]giants on the earth in those (A)days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

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  1. Genesis 6:4 Heb. nephilim, fallen or mighty ones

The Nephilim(A) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(B) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(C)

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that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they (A)took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

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the sons of God(A) saw that the daughters(B) of humans were beautiful,(C) and they married(D) any of them they chose.

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So when the woman (A)saw that the tree was good for food, that it was [a]pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit (B)and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

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  1. Genesis 3:6 Lit. a desirable thing

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(A) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(B) who was with her, and he ate it.(C)

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