She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
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She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
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And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
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And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
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Passages linked to Genesis 38:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 26:20 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.
- Genesis 38:11 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.
- Genesis 38:26 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.
- Genesis 46:12 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.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare…
Gen 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Ver. 5. He was at Chezib.] Called also Achzib. {Mic 1:14} It hath its name from lying.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Chezib; a place near Adullam, called also Achzib, Jos…
Chezib; a place near Adullam, called also Achzib, Jos 19:29; Mic 1:14.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn,....…
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn,.... Chose one for him, and presented her to him for his liking, whom he approving of married:
whose name was Tamar; which signifies a "palm tree": the Targum of Jonathan says, she was the daughter of Shem; but it is altogether improbable that a daughter of his should be living at this time, and young enough to bear children: it is much more probable that she was daughter of Levi, Judah's brother, as an Arabic writer (o) asserts; but it is more likely still that she was the daughter of a Canaanite, who was living in the same place, though his name is not mentioned, Gen 38:11.
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(o) Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 16.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. And he was at Chezib when she…
Verse 5. And he was at Chezib when she bare him.] This town is supposed to be the same with Achzib, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44. "The name," says Ainsworth, "has in Hebrew the signification of lying; and to it the prophet alludes, saying the houses of Achzib shall be (Achzab) a lie to the kings of Israel, Mic 1:14."
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sela. Juda gave the name of Her to his…
Sela. Juda gave the name of Her to his first-born, as the Hebrew shews. His wife gave names to the two latter. --- Ceased; Hebrew casbi: "she died in bearing him," as Aquila has it. Most commentators take the word for the name of a place mentioned, Josue xv. 44. "He (Juda) was at Casbi when she bare him."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. At Chezib — Probably the same as Achzib,…
5. At Chezib — Probably the same as Achzib, mentioned in Jos_15:44, and Mic_1:14. This was probably at the modern Kusaba, fifteen miles southwest of Beit-jibrin. This mention of her bearing Shelah at Chezib intimates that Er and Onan were born elsewhere. Judah at this time probably led a wandering life, and his being with his brethren at Dothan (Gen_37:26) does not involve, as Keil argues, that he was unmarried at that time.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. Chezib] The same name as Achzib in Jos_15:44.
5. Chezib] The same name as Achzib in Jos_15:44.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) Chezib.—Mr. Conder has found traces of this place…
(5) Chezib.—Mr. Conder has found traces of this place at Ain Kezbeh, near Beit Nettif, a little to the north of Adullam (Handbook, p. 408). In Mic_1:14-15, it is called Achzib, and is there also placed near Adullam.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And she yet again conceived (lit., and she added…
And she yet again conceived (lit., and she added again), and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: (Gesenius), "Peace" (Furst)and he (i.e. Judah) wassc. , absent (Gerlach); or, translating impersonally, it was, i.e. the event happened (Murphy)at Chezib, probably the same as Achzib (Jos_15:44; Mic_1:14, Mic_1:15) and Chezeba, (1Ch_4:22) which in the partitioning of the land fell to the sons of Shelah, and was here mentioned that Shelah"s descendants might know the birthplace of their ancestor (Keil); or the fact of Judah s absence at the birth of his third son may be recorded as the reason of the name, "Peace," "Rest, "Prosperity, which the child received (Gerlach)when she bare him literally, in her bearing of him.
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