Genesis 38:5

Easy To Read Version

Later she had another son named Shelah. Judah lived in Kezib when his third son was born.

Cross References

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Go back to your father’s house. Stay there and don’t marry until my young son Shelah grows up.” Judah was afraid that Shelah would also be killed like his brothers. Tamar went back to her father’s home.

Genesis 38:26

Judah recognized those things and said, “She is right. I was wrong. I did not give her my son Shelah like I promised.” And Judah did not sleep with her again.

Genesis 38:6

Judah chose a woman to be the wife of his first son Er. The woman’s name was Tamar.

Genesis 46:12

Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Er and Onan died while still in Canaan.) Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.

1 Chronicles 2:3

Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Bathshua [15] was their mother. Bathshua was a woman from Canaan. The Lord saw that Judah’s first son, Er, was evil. That is why the Lord killed Er.