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Genesis 38:1

HirahJudah
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3 So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

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BSB
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
KJV
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
WEB
At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
ASV
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And it came to pass at that time that Judah went down from his brothers, and settled to a man, an Adullamite, and his name [was] Hirah.
ÅB
På denne tid dro Juda ned fra det sted hvor hans brødre bodde, og han tok inn til en mann i Adullam, som hette Hira.
OTB
På den tiden dro Juda bort fra sine brødre og gikk til en Adullamitt ved navn Hira.
B1930
På denne tid drog Juda ned fra det sted hvor hans brødre bodde, og han tok inn til en mann i Adullam, som hette Hira.

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  • 2 Kings 4:8

    One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:1

    So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

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  • Proverbs 13:20

    He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

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  • Micah 1:15

    I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

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  • Genesis 19:2–3

    and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

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  • Joshua 15:35

    Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

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  • Proverbs 9:6

    Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

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  • 2 Samuel 23:13

    At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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