Gen 4:1, 6:4, 16:2, 4, 38:8-9, 14-30, Deu 25:5, Isa 4:1 | ESV | STEP | Now Adam knew Eve his wife , and she conceived and bore Cain , saying , I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord .

x[See ver. 29 above]

y Matt. 22:24; Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28

z[Gen. 38:8, 9; Ruth 1:12, 13; 3:9]

aa[ch. 13:12]

ab ch. 3:6

ac[ch. 13:12]

adSee Gen. 30:23

Genesis 4:1

Cain and Abel

1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten ^{▼▼ Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten} a man with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 6:4

4 The Nephilim ^{▼▼Or giants} were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

Genesis 16:2

2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children ^{▼▼Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children} by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:4

4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, ^dshe looked with contempt on her mistress. ^{▼▼Hebrew her mistress was dishonorable in her eyes; similarly in verse 5}

Genesis 38:8-9

8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to ^fyour brother’s wife and ^gperform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother’s wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother.

Genesis 38:14-30

14 she took off her widow’s garments ^hand covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to ⁱEnaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, ^jand she had not been given to him in marriage. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16 He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” 17 He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—” 18 He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, ^k“Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 19 Then she arose and went away, and taking off ^lher veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. 21 And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute ^{▼▼Hebrew sacred woman; a woman who served a pagan deity by prostitution; also verse 22} who was at ⁿEnaim at the roadside?” And they said, “No cult prostitute has been here.” 22 So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, ‘No cult prostitute has been here.’” 23 And Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her.”

24 About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law ^ohas been immoral. ^{▼▼Or has committed prostitution} Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.” ^{▼▼Or by prostitution} And Judah said, “Bring her out, and ^rlet her be burned.” 25 As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, ^sthe signet and the cord and the staff.” 26 Then Judah identified them and said, ^t“She is more righteous than I, since ^uI did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.

27 When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb. 28 And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.” 29 But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore his name was called ^vPerez. ^{▼▼ Perez means a breach} 30 Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called ^xZerah.

Deuteronomy 25:5

Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage

5 ^y“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her ^zhusband’s brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

Isaiah 4:1

1 ^aaAnd seven women ^abshall take hold of ^acone man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; ^adtake away our reproach.”