Person

Shelah

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 8

The third son of Judah, born to his Canaanite wife Bath-shua (Genesis 38:5; 1 Chronicles 2:3). After Shelah's older brothers Er and Onan died, Judah withheld Shelah from marrying their widow Tamar as custom required, fearing he too would die (Genesis 38:11, 38:14, 38:26). He became the ancestor of the Shelanite clan (Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 4:21).

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Parents 2

Daughter of Shuah Judah

Children 5

Er· father Joash· father Jokim· father Laadah· father Saraph· father

Siblings 2

Er Onan

Member of 1

Tribe of Judah

Born in 1

Chezib

Appears in 8

Reference	Verse
Genesis 38:5	And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Genesis 38:11	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.
Genesis 38:14	And 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 38:26	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.
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.
1 Chronicles 2:3	The 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 4:21	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,

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