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Judah and Tamar

Genesis 38:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
KJV
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
WEB
She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
ASV
And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
LSV
and she adds again, and bears a son, and calls his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.
YLT
and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.
DBY
And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.
DRC
She bore also a third: whom she called Sela. After whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.
GNV
Moreouer she bare yet a sonne, whome she called Shelah: and Iudah was at Chezib when she bare him.
JPS
And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
LXXE
And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֹּ֤סֶף עוֹד֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵׁלָ֑ה וְהָיָ֥ה בִכְזִ֖יב בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ אֹתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ προσθεῖσα ἔτεκεν υἱὸν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Σηλώμ· αὕτη δὲ ἦν ἐν Χασβὶ, ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν αὐτούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 26:20These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
  • Genesis 38:11Then 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 may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
  • Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  • Genesis 38:26Judah recognized the items 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.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:21The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

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