Genesis 38:12 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 38:12

After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

KJV

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Verse 12.) And Judas, having been comforted, went up to those who were shearing his sheep: himself, and his shepherd Hirah the Odollamite. For the shepherd is read as a friend. But the word is ambiguous, because with the same letters both names are written: but the friend Ree is read as the shepherd Roe.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

In process of time - This phrase, which is in general use in the Bible, needs explanation; the original is וירבו הימים vaiyirbu haiyamim, and the days were multiplied. Though it implies an indefinite time, yet it generally embraces a pretty long period, and in this place may mean several years.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Judah . . . went up unto his sheep-shearers--This season, which occurs in Palestine towards the end of March, was spent in more than usual hilarity, and the wealthiest masters invited their friends, as well as treated their servants, to sumptuous entertainments. Accordingly, it is said, Judah was accompanied by his friend Hirah.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּרְבּוּ֙	vai.yir.Bu	and they increased	H7235 →
הַיָּמִ֔ים	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →
וַתָּ֖מָת	va.Ta.mot	and she died	H4191 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
שׁ֣וּעַ	Shu.a'	Shua	H7770 →
אֵֽשֶׁת־	'e.shet-	[the] wife of	H802 →
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם	vai.yi.Na.chem	and he was comforted	H5162 →
יְהוּדָ֗ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וַיַּ֜עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he went up	H5927 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
גֹּֽזֲזֵ֤י	go.za.Zei	[the] shearers of	H1494 →
צֹאנוֹ֙	tzo.No	sheep his	H6629 →
ה֗וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
וְחִירָ֛ה	ve.chi.Rah	and Hirah	H2437 →
רֵעֵ֥הוּ	re.'E.hu	friend his	H7453 →
הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖י	ha.'a.du.la.Mi	the Adullamite	H5726 →
תִּמְנָֽתָה׃	tim.Na.tah	Timnah towards	H8553 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 15:10
The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
leads to
- Judges 14:1
  One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
Through
Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 8:2
  I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
- Ephesians 5:22–33
  Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Through
1 Samuel 25:36
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 25:19
  and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
Through
2 Samuel 13:39
And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
leads to
- Genesis 24:67
  And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Through
Judges 14:1
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
leads to
- Joshua 19:43
  Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Joshua 15:10
  The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.