Genesis 38:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Yet again she conceived and bore a son, and named him Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.

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  • Num 26:20 : 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
  • 1 Chr 4:21 : 21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were 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 his daughter-in-law Tamar, Stay a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up; for he thought, Lest he also die like his brothers. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
  • Gen 38:26 : 26 Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he never knew her again.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

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  • Gen 38:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1At that time, Judah left his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; 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
    3 verses
    78%

    33And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Because the LORD has heard that I was unloved, He has therefore given me this son also; and she called his name Simeon.

    34And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore his name was called Levi.

    35And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now I will praise the LORD; therefore she called his name Judah; and she stopped bearing.

  • Gen 38:23-27
    5 verses
    76%

    23Judah said, Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock; after all, I sent the young goat, and you did not find her.

    24About three months later, it was told Judah, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, she is pregnant by harlotry. Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.

    25As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant. She also said, Discern, please, whose these are—the signet, the bracelets, and the staff.

    26Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he never knew her again.

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

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.

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

  • Gen 38:11-15
    5 verses
    76%

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Stay a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up; for he thought, Lest he also die like his brothers. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

    12After some time, Shuah's daughter, Judah's wife, died; after being comforted, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

    13Tamar was told, Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

    14So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself, and sat by the roadside in an open place, which is on the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.

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

  • Gen 46:12
    74%

    12And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Gen 38:6
    72%

    6Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

  • 1 Chr 1:24
    72%

    24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

  • Num 26:20
    71%

    20And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

  • Hos 1:8
    70%

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

  • 1 Chr 4:21
    70%

    21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were 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
    69%

    23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

  • Gen 30:12
    69%

    12Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 30:19
    69%

    19Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

  • 1 Chr 1:18
    69%

    18And Arphaxad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

  • Gen 30:10
    69%

    10Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 38:8
    69%

    8Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.

  • Gen 35:23
    69%

    23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

  • Gen 30:23
    68%

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

  • Gen 38:19
    68%

    19Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil, she put on her widow’s garments again.

  • Gen 30:17
    68%

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

  • Gen 30:7
    68%

    7Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

  • 1 Chr 2:41
    68%

    41And Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.