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Shelah in the Bible.

Son of Judah. The King James Version names Shelah in 8 verses, from Genesis 38:5 to 1 Chronicles 4:21.

Shelah’s family.

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Who Shelah was.

Judah’s third son (Gen. 38:2, 5, 11, 14).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Shelah’s story.

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All 8 verses that name Shelah.

Genesis 5

  • Genesis 38:5And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
  • Genesis 38:11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
  • Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
  • Genesis 38:26And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
  • Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Numbers 1

  • Numbers 26:20And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

1 Chronicles 2

  • 1 Chronicles 2:3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

Questions about Shelah.

Who was Shelah in the Bible?

Son of Judah. The King James Version names Shelah in 8 verses, from Genesis 38:5 to 1 Chronicles 4:21.

Who were Shelah’s parents?

His father was Judah and his mother Daughter of Shuah.

Who were Shelah’s children?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Jokim, Laadah, Joash, Saraph and Er.

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