GEN 38:5 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ προσθεῖσα ἔτεκεν υἱὸν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Σηλώμ· αὕτη δὲ ἦν ἐν Χασβὶ, ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν αὐτούς.
(Kai prostheisa eteken huion, kai ekalese to onoma autou, Saʸlōm; hautaʸ de aʸn en Ⱪasbi, haʸnika eteken autous.)

BrTr And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them.

ULT And she added yet and bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. And he was in Chezib when she bore him.

UST Then she became pregnant yet again and gave birth to another son, and she named him Shelah. When she gave birth to Shelah, Judah was at the town of Chezib.

BSB & MSB Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

OEB She bore still another son, and named him Shelah: and it was at Chezib that she bore him.

WEBBE & WMBB She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.

NET Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

LSV and she adds again, and bears a son, and calls his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

FBV Then she had another son she named Shelah who was born in Kezib.

T4T Many years later, when Judah and his family went to live in Kezib town, Judah’s wife gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah.

LEB And once again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. And he[fn] was in Chezib when she bore him.

38:5 That is, Judah

BBE Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

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JPS And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

ASV And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

DRA She bore also a third: whom she called Sela. After whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.

YLT and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

Drby And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.

RV And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

SLT And she will add yet and bear a son, and will call his name Shelah: and he was in Chezib, in her bearing him.

Wbstr And she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

KJB-1769 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

KJB-1611 And she yet againe conceiued and bare a sonne, and called his name Shelah: and hee was at Chezib, when shee bare him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And she conceaued agayne, and bare yet a sonne, whom she called Selah: & he was at Chezib whe she bare him.
(And she conceived again, and bare yet a son, whom she called Selah: and he was at Chezib when she bare him.)

Gnva Moreouer she bare yet a sonne, whome she called Shelah: and Iudah was at Chezib when she bare him.
(Moreover/What’s_more she bare yet a son, whom she called Shelah: and Yudah was at Chezib when she bare him.)

Cvdl She proceaded yet further, & bare a sonne, who she called Sela. And wha she had borne him, she left of bearinge.
(She proceeded yet further, and bare a son, who she called Sela. And when she had born him, she left of bearing.)

Wycl And sche childide the thridde sone, whom sche clepide Cela, and whanne he was borun, sche ceesside to bere child more.
(And she gave_birth_to the third son, whom she called Cela, and when he was born, she ceased to bear child more.)

Luth Sie gebar abermal einen Sohn, den hieß sie Sela; und er war zu Chesib, da sie ihn gebar.
(They/She gave_birth again a son, the was_called they/she/them Sela; and he what/which to/for Chezib, there they/she/them him/it gave_birth.)

ClVg Tertium quoque peperit: quem appellavit Sela; quo nato, parere ultra cessavit.[fn]
(Third too gave_birth: which he_called Sela; where born, you_may_be_prepared beyond/besides ceased.)

38.5 Tertium quoque peperit, etc. ISID. in Gen., tom. 5 Tertius filius qui Thamar non jungitur, etc., usque ad et ideo tanquam Odollamites perhibuit testimonium in aqua. Judas, etc. De Juda regia tribus processit, quæ diu præfuit Judaicæ plebi, quam significat Thamar, quæ interpretatur amaritudo, quia amaram se in passione exibuit Christo. ISID. Plebs Judaica, cui de tribu Juda reges, etc., usque ad Deus tamen utrosque occidit, quia regnum a talibus tollit.

38.5 Third too gave_birth, etc. ISID. in/into/on Gen., tom. 5 Tertius son who/which Thamar not/no is_joined, etc., until to and therefore/for_that_reason as_if Adullamites gave testimony in/into/on water. Yudas, etc. From/About Yuda royal tribe proceeded, which long_time was_in_charge Jewish common_people, how means Thamar, which interprets bitterness, because bitter himself in/into/on passionately exibuit to_Christ/Messiah. ISID. Plebs Jewish, to_whom from/about tribe Yuda kings, etc., until to God nevertheless and_which killed, because kingdom from such takes_away.

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Judah and Tamar

Genesis 38

The story of Yehudah/Judah and Tamar is likely set in the foothills (often called the Shephelah) of Judah around the general area of Adullam. The story opens by noting that Judah went “down” from his brothers, though it does not mention where his brothers were living. The last mention of their location, however, is in Genesis 35:27, where it notes that they were in Mamre in the vicinity of Hebron, appropriately situated at significantly higher elevation than Adullam. After settling in this area, Judah married a Canaanite woman, who bore him three sons. The passage also notes that Judah’s wife was living in Kezib when she bore their third son, so presumably Judah was living there as well. This is likely the same location called Aczib elsewhere in Scripture (Josh 15:44; Micah 1:14). Judah then took a wife, Tamar, for his oldest son, but his son soon died. So Judah instructed his second son to fulfill the common custom of marrying his brother’s widow and raising children in his brother’s name. Though this son married Tamar, he refused to have children by her, so the Lord put him to death. Then Judah instructed Tamar to remain in her father’s house as a widow until his third son was old enough to marry her, but secretly he feared that his third son might die like his brothers if he married her. Sometime after this Judah’s wife died, and Judah made plans to go “up” to Timnah, where his sheep were being sheared. Several other passages of Scripture (Joshua 15:10; Joshua 19:43; Judges 14; 2 Chronicles 28:18) mention a place called Timnah, which was located at Tall Batashi along the Sorek Brook, but it is unlikely that this is the same Timnah mentioned in this story, because Tall Batashi is at a very low elevation, so it could hardly be said that Judah went “up” to that Timnah from Aczib or Adullam. Instead the Timnah of Genesis 38 may have been located at Khirbet et Tabbaneh northeast of Adullam (likely also mentioned in Joshua 15:57) and higher in elevation. If Timnah is indeed located there, Enaim may have been located at Khirbet Beth Ikka, though this identification is less certain (see also Joshua 15:34, which mentions a town called Enam). Returning to the story, the passage notes that, upon hearing of Judah’s plans to go up to Timnah, Tamar disguised herself as a prostitute, went up to Enaim, and seduced Judah on his way to Timnah as part of a plan to bring shame upon him for not providing his third son, who was now an adult, to her as a husband. It is interesting to note that the word Enaim, which means “the place of two springs,” can also mean “the place of two eyes,” and some commentators have speculated that the writer was making a play on words with the name of the village, because it was at Enaim that Judah failed to recognize Tamar, and later he failed to recognize his own hypocrisy in denouncing Tamar for her sexual immorality.

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Judah and Tamar