Genesis 38:14
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 38
“And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.”Genesis 38:14
What Does Genesis 38:14 Mean?
Genesis 38:14 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 38, verse 14 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Genesis 38:14 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 38:19“And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.”Genesis 38:26“And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.”Proverbs 7:10“And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.”Jeremiah 3:2“Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.”Genesis 29:23“And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.”Judges 15:2“And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.”Genesis 19:31“And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:”Genesis 24:65“For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.”Genesis 38:11“Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.”Numbers 26:20“And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.”Job 24:15“The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.”Proverbs 7:12“Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)”Ezekiel 16:25“Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.”
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