Genesis 38:5 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 38:5

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Chapter 38—Verse 5) And she added, and gave birth to a son, and called his name Shelah; but she was in Chezib when she gave birth to him. The Hebrew word here is used in place of a geographical name, which Aquila translated as a thing, saying: And she called his name Shelah. And it came to pass that she lied in childbirth after she gave birth to Shelah. For after she gave birth to Shelah, her childbirth ceased. Therefore, Chezib is called not a place name, but a deception.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And he was at Chezib when she bare him - This town is supposed to be the same with Achzib, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44. “The name,” says Ainsworth, “has in Hebrew the signification of lying; and to it the prophet alludes, saying the houses of Achzib shall be (Achzab) a lie to the kings of Israel, Mic 1:14.”

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֤סֶף	va.To.sef	and she repeated	H3254 →
עוֹד֙	'Od	again	H5750 →
וַתֵּ֣לֶד	va.Te.led	and she bore	H3205 →
בֵּ֔ן	Ben	a son	H1121 →
וַתִּקְרָ֥א	va.tik.Ra'	and she called	H7121 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁמ֖וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
שֵׁלָ֑ה	she.Lah	Shelah	H7956 →
וְהָיָ֥ה	ve.ha.Yah	and he was	H1961 →
בִכְזִ֖יב	vikh.Ziv	in Kezib	H3580 →
בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ	be.lid.Tah	when bore she	H3205 →
אֹתֽוֹ׃	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →

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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
Numbers 26:20
These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
leads to
- Genesis 46:12
  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Nehemiah 11:24
  Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
Through
Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 4:21
  The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 29:35
  And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
Through
Genesis 38:26
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 24:17
  and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
Through
Genesis 38:11
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went…
leads to
- Leviticus 22:13
  But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
Through
1 Chronicles 4:21
The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
leads to
- Numbers 26:20
  These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3
  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

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