Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house.
Genesis 38:5 - English Standard Version 2016 Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she bore him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Again she conceived and bore a son and named him Shelah. [They were living] at Chezib when she bore him. American Standard Version (1901) And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. Common English Bible Then she gave birth to one more son and named him Shelah. She was in Chezib when she gave birth to him. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, she bore a third, whom she called Shelah, after whose birth, she ceased to bear any more. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She bore also a third: whom she called Sela. After whose birth, she ceased to bear any more. |
Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house.
Then Judah identified them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.