Genesis 38:5

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She gave birth to yet another son and named him Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she gave birth to him.

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  • Num 26:20 : 20 The descendants of Judah by their families: The family of Shelah from Shelah; the family of the Shelanites. The family of Perez from Perez; the family of the Perezites. The family of Zerah from Zerah; the family of the Zerahites.
  • 1 Chr 4:21 : 21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er, the father of Lecah; Laadah, the father of Mareshah; and the families of the house of linen workers at Beth-Ashbea.
  • Gen 38:11 : 11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, 'Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up,' for he thought, 'He might die too, just like his brothers.' So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
  • Gen 38:26 : 26 Judah recognized them and said, 'She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.' And he did not have relations with her again.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. However, Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

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  • Gen 38:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1 At that time, Judah left his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite man named Hirah.

    2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and had relations with her.

    3 She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

    4 She conceived again and gave birth to another son, and she named him Onan.

  • Gen 29:33-35
    3 verses
    78%

    33 She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she said, 'Because the LORD heard that I am unloved, He has given me this one too.' So she named him Simeon.

    34 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, 'Now at this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore, he was named Levi.

    35 She conceived yet again and gave birth to a son and said, 'This time I will praise the LORD.' Therefore, she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

  • Gen 38:23-27
    5 verses
    76%

    23 Judah said, 'Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I sent her this young goat, but you didn’t find her.'

    24 About three months later, Judah was told, 'Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant as a result.' Judah said, 'Bring her out and let her be burned!'

    25 As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, 'I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.' And she added, 'Please examine them. Whose seal, cord, and staff are these?'

    26 Judah recognized them and said, 'She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.' And he did not have relations with her again.

    27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua, the Canaanite. However, Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.

    4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Perez and Zerah. The total number of Judah’s sons was five.

  • Gen 38:11-15
    5 verses
    76%

    11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, 'Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up,' for he thought, 'He might die too, just like his brothers.' So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

    12 After a long time, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he went up to Timnah to his sheep shearers, accompanied by his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

    13 When Tamar was told, 'Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,'

    14 So she took off her widow's garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah had grown up, but she had not been given to him as a wife.

    15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

  • 12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. However, Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • 6 Judah arranged a wife for Er, his firstborn son. Her name was Tamar.

  • 24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah.

  • 20 The descendants of Judah by their families: The family of Shelah from Shelah; the family of the Shelanites. The family of Perez from Perez; the family of the Perezites. The family of Zerah from Zerah; the family of the Zerahites.

  • 8 After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.

  • 21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er, the father of Lecah; Laadah, the father of Mareshah; and the families of the house of linen workers at Beth-Ashbea.

  • 23 He went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah because evil had come upon his family.

  • 12 Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

  • 19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

  • 18 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

  • 10 And Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

  • 8 Then Judah said to Onan, 'Lie with your brother's widow, perform your duty as her brother-in-law, and produce offspring for your brother.'

  • 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • 23 She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, 'God has taken away my disgrace.'

  • 19 Then she got up and left, took off her veil, and put back on her widow's garments.

  • 17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

  • 7 Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

  • 41 Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.