Genesis 38:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 38:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַֽיְהִי֙
hâyâh
H1961
to be
בָּעֵ֣ת
ʻêth
H6256
time
הַהִ֔וא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
וַיֵּ֥רֶד
yârad
H3381
to go down
יְהוּדָ֖ה
Yᵉhûwdâh
H3063
Judah
מֵאֵ֣ת
ʼêth
H854
with
אֶחָ֑יו
ʼâch
H251
brother
וַיֵּ֛ט
nâṭâh
H5186
to stretch out
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
אִ֥ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י
ʻĂdullâmîy
H5726
Adullamite
וּשְׁמ֥וֹ
shêm
H8034
name
חִירָֽה
Chîyrâh
H2437
Hirah
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and settled near an Adullamite man, and his name Hirah.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).