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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Shelah (Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness)
Judah's third son by his Canaanite wife. Judah held him back from marrying Tamar, the widow, as custom said he should. That broken promise is what drove Tamar to disguise herself.
First, in plain English
Judah's third son by his Canaanite wife. Judah held him back from marrying Tamar, the widow, as custom said he should. That broken promise is what drove Tamar to disguise herself.
Who this is
Shelah was Judah's third son by his Canaanite wife, and Judah withheld him from marrying his widowed daughter-in-law Tamar as custom required, a broken promise that led Tamar to disguise herself and conceive by Judah directly instead.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H7956
Where it appears
- Genesis 38:5
- Genesis 38:11
- Genesis 38:14
- Genesis 38:26
- Genesis 46:12
- Numbers 26:20
- 1 Chronicles 2:3
- 1 Chronicles 4:21
