Then Yehudah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, *Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelach, my son, is grown up;* for he said, *Lest he also die, like his brothers.* Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
Genesis 38:5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelach: and he was at Keziv, 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 Yehudah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, *Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelach, my son, is grown up;* for he said, *Lest he also die, like his brothers.* Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
Yehudah acknowledged them, and said, *She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelach, my son.* He knew her again no more.
The sons of Yehudah: `Er, Onan, Shelach, Peretz, and Zerach; but `Er and Onan died in the land of Kena`an. The sons of Peretz were Chetzron and Chamul.
The sons of Yehudah: `Er, and Onan, and Shelach; which three were born to him of Shu`a's daughter the Kena`anite. `Er, Yehudah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he killed him.
The sons of Shelah, the son of Yehudah: `Er the father of Lekha, and La`adah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
The sons of Yehudah: `Er and Onan; and `Er and Onan died in the land of Kena`an.
The sons of Yehudah after their families were: of Shelach, the family of the Shelani; of Peretz, the family of the Partzi; of Zerach, the family of the Zarchi.