Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Stay as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up,” because he thought, “Otherwise he too might die, like his brothers.” So Tamar went and stayed in her father’s house.
Genesis 38:5 - Tree of Life Version She gave birth to yet another son and she called him Shelah. He was in Chezib when she gave birth to 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 his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Stay as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up,” because he thought, “Otherwise he too might die, like his brothers.” So Tamar went and stayed in her father’s house.
Then Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I didn’t give her to my son Shelah.” He was not intimate with her again.
Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah. Er died along with Onan in the land of Canaan. Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah—the three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Adonai, so He put him to death.
The sons of Shelah, son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Ladah the father of Mareshah, the families of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,
The sons of Judah by their families were: by Shelah the Shelanite family, by Perez the Perezite family, by Zerach the Zerachite family.