It was toldto Tamar,"Behold,your father-in-lawis goingup to Timnahto shearhis sheep."
When Labanhad goneto shearhis flock,then Rachelstolethe householdidolsthat were her father's.
Tamarhis daughter-in-lawborehim Perezand Zerah.Judahhad fivesonsin all.
The borderturnedaboutfrom Baalahwestwardto MountSeir,and continuedto the slopeof MountJearimon the north(that is, Chesalon),and wentdownto Beth-shemeshand continuedthroughTimnah.
Kain,Gibeahand Timnah;tencitieswith their villages.
Then Samsonwentdownto Timnahand sawa womanin Timnah,[one] of the daughtersof the Philistines.
Now [there was] a manin Maonwhose businesswas in Carmel;and the manwas veryrich,and he had threethousandsheepand a thousandgoats.And it cameabout while he was shearinghis sheepin Carmel
that Davidheardin the wildernessthat Nabalwas shearinghis sheep.
