"And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him." — Genesis 38:5

Genesis 38:5 · KJV

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

— Genesis 38:5

Verse 4

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

Verse 6

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name {was} Tamar.

Genesis 38 — Context

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

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

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name {was} Tamar.

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

Cross References

Numbers 26:20

And 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.

Genesis 38:11

Then 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.

1 Chronicles 4:21

The 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,

Genesis 38:26

And 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 46:12

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.