Genesis 38:5

World English Bible (2000)

She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 26:20 : 20 The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
  • 1 Chr 4:21 : 21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
  • Gen 38:11 : 11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
  • Gen 38:26 : 26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but 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
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    1It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

    2Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

    3She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

    4She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

  • Gen 29:33-35
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    33She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.

    34She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.

    35She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

  • Gen 38:23-27
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    23Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her."

    24It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."

    25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

    26Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.

    27It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
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    3The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.

    4Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • Gen 38:11-15
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    11Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

    12After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.

    13It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

    14She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.

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

  • Gen 46:12
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    12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Gen 38:6
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    6Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

  • 1 Chr 1:24
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    24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

  • Num 26:20
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    20The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

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    8Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.

  • 1 Chr 4:21
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    21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

  • 1 Chr 7:23
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    23He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

  • Gen 30:12
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    12Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.

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    19Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

  • 1 Chr 1:18
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    18Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.

  • Gen 30:10
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    10Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 38:8
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    8Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."

  • Gen 35:23
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    23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Gen 30:23
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    23She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

  • Gen 38:19
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    19She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

  • Gen 30:17
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    17God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

  • Gen 30:7
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    7Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

  • 1 Chr 2:41
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    41and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.