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SHELAH

1. Arphaxad’s son and the father of Eber (Gn 10:24; 11:12-15; 1 Chr 1:18). Shelah is listed in Luke’s genealogy of Christ as the son of Cainan the son of Arphaxad (Lk 3:35). See Genealogy of Jesus Christ.

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:24

OET-RV GEN 10:24

24 Arpakshad fathered Shelah, then Shelah fathered Ever.

OET-LV GEN 10:24

24 And_Arpakshad he _fathered DOM Shelaḩ and_Shelaḩ he _fathered DOM ˊĒⱱēr.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:12–15

OET-RV GEN 11:12

12 When Arpakshad was thirty-five years old, he had a son named Shelah.

OET-RV GEN 11:13

13 After Shelah was born, Arpakshad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-RV GEN 11:14

14 When Shelah was thirty years old, he had a son named Ever.

OET-RV GEN 11:15

15 After Ever was born, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-LV GEN 11:12

12 And_Arpakshad he _lived five and_thirty year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Shelaḩ.

OET-LV GEN 11:13

13 And_ ʼArpakshad _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Shelaḩ three years and_four hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

OET-LV GEN 11:14

14 And_Shelaḩ he _lived thirty year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM ˊĒⱱēr.

OET-LV GEN 11:15

15 And_ Shelaḩ _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM ˊĒⱱēr three years and_four hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:18

OET-RV CH1 1:18

18 Arpakshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Ever.

OET-LV CH1 1:18

18 And_Arpakshad he _fathered DOM Shelaḩ and_Shelaḩ he _fathered DOM ˊĒⱱēr.

Show passage in OET: LUK 3:35

OET-RV LUK 3:35

35 the son of Serug, the son of Re’u, the son of Peleg, the son of Ever, the son of Shelah,

OET-LV LUK 3:35

35 the son of _Serouⱪ/(Sərūg), the son of _Ɽagau/(Rəˊū), the son of _Falek/(Feleg), the son of _Heber/(ˊĒⱱēr), the son of _Sala/(Shelaḩ),

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2. Judah’s third son by Bathshua the Canaanitess. He was born at Kezib, a small town in Judah (Gn 38:5; 1 Chr 2:3). Shelah founded the Shelanite family (Nm 26:20), which should possibly be read instead of “Shilonite” in Nehemiah 11:5; 1 Chronicles 9:5.

Show passage in OET: GEN 38:5

OET-RV GEN 38:5

5 Then she got pregnant yet again and gave birth to a third son, and she named him Shela. (Yehudah was in Keziv when she Onan was born.)

OET-LV GEN 38:5

5 And_she/it _added again and_she/it _gave _birth a _son and_she/it _called/named DOM his/its_name Shēlāh and_it _was in_Kezib when_bore_she DOM_him/it.

Show passage in OET: CH1 2:3

OET-RV CH1 2:3

3 Yehudah’s (Judah) sons (with the Kena’ani (Canaanite) woman Bat-Shua) were Er, Onan, and Shela. (Yehudah’s eldest son, Er, was evil in Yahweh’s eyes, and he killed him.)

OET-LV CH1 2:3

3 The _sons _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) were_ˊĒr and_ʼŌnān and_Shēlāh three_sons it _was _born to_him/it from_Bath- shūˊa the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)_woman and_he/it _was ˊĒr the _firstborn _of Yəhūdāh evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH and_he_put _him _to _death.

Show passage in OET: NUM 26:20

OET-RV NUM 26:20

20 His descendants came via his other sons Shela, Perets, and Zerah.

OET-LV NUM 26:20

20 And_ the _descendants _of Yəhūdāh _they _were to_their_clans of_Shēlāh the _clan _of the _Shēlāhite[s] of_Pereʦ the _clan _of the _Pereʦite[s] of_Zeraḩ the _clan _of the _Zerahite[s].

Show passage in OET: NEH 11:5

OET-RV NEH 11:5

• 5 Ma’aseyah (son of Baruk, son of Kal -Hozeh, son of Hazayah, son of Adayah, son of Yoyariv, son of Zekaryah, son of Shiloni).

OET-LV NEH 11:5

5 And_Maˊₐsē^yāh the _son _of Bārūk the _son _of Kol/(Col)- Ḩozeh the _son _of Ḩₐzā^yāh the _son _of ˊAdā^yāh the _son _of Yōyārīⱱ/(Joiarib) the _son _of Zəkar^yāh the _son _of the _Shilonite.

Show passage in OET: CH1 9:5

OET-RV CH1 9:5

5 Asayah and his sons (descendants of Shilon—Asayah was the oldest),

OET-LV CH1 9:5

5 And_from the_Shilōnī[s] ˊAsā^yāh the_firstborn and_sons _of_his.

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