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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
conceived	וַתֹּ֤סֶף va.To.sef	H3254	to add or augment (often adverbial · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
bare	וַתֵּ֣לֶד va.Te.led	H3205	to bear young · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
son	בֵּ֔ן Ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
called	וַתִּקְרָ֥א va.tik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
name	שְׁמ֖וֹ she.Mo	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Shelah	שֵׁלָ֑ה she.Lah	H7956	Shelah · proper noun, a man's name
Chezib	בִכְזִ֖יב vikh.Ziv	H3580	Kezib · preposition + proper noun, a place name
bare	בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ be.lid.Tah	H3205	to bear young · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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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,…
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 peradvent…
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 ag…
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 w…
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 t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:1-11

Here is, 1. Judah's foolish friendship with a Canaanite-man. He went down from his brethren, and withdrew for a time from their society and his father's family, and got to be intimately acquainted with one Hirah, an Adullamite, Gen 38:1. It is computed that he was now not much above fifteen or sixteen years of age, an easy prey to the tempter. Note, When young people that have been well educated begin to change their company, they will soon change their manners, and lose their good education. Those that go down from their brethren, that despise and forsake the society of the seed of Israel, and pick up Canaanites for their companions, are going down the hill apace. It is of great consequence…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 38:2

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite--Like Esau [Gen 26:34], this son of Jacob, casting off the restraints of religion, married into a Canaanite family; and it is not surprising that the family which sprang from such an unsuitable connection should be infamous for bold and unblushing wickedness.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 38:5

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."

John Gill on Genesis 38:5

And she conceived, and bare a son,.... A third son: and called his name Shelah; which signifies tranquil, quiet, peaceable and prosperous, and is a word that comes from the same root as Shiloh, that famous son of Judah that should spring from him, Genesis 49:10 the reason of the name, as given by the Targum, is,"because her husband forgot her:" and she was at Chezib when she bare him; Chezib is the name of a place, by some taken to be the same with Achzib or Ecdippe, now Zib, see Micah 1:14; it seems to be a city in the tribe of Judah; and Jerom (n) says, in his time there was a desert place of this name near Adullam, on the borders of Eleutheropolis; the reason of her being here at the ti…

The Church Fathers

(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. And elsewhere it is written: 'The work of the olive tree will fail, that is, it will not produce fruit.' (Habakkuk 3:17).
— Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis

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Dictionary and topics

Achzib — Falsehood. (1.) A town in the Shephelah, or plain country of Judah (Josh. 15:44); probably the same as Chezib of Gen. 38:5 = Ain Kezbeh. (2.) A Phoenician city (the Gr. Ecdippa), always retained in…
Chezib — Deceitful, a town where Shelah, the son of Judah, was born (Gen. 38:5). Probably the same as Achzib (q.v.).
Chozeba — (1 Chr. 4:22), the same as Chezib and Achzib, a place in the lowlands of Judah (Gen. 38:5; Josh. 15:44).
Er — (watchful).
Onan — Strong, the second son of Judah (Gen. 38:4-10; comp. Deut. 25:5; Matt. 22:24). He died before the going down of Jacob and his family into Egypt.
Pharez — Breach, the elder of the twin sons of Judah (Gen. 38:29). From him the royal line of David sprang (Ruth 4:18-22). “The chief of all the captains of the host” was of the children of Perez (1 Chr.…
Shelah — Petition. (1.) Judah’s third son (Gen. 38:2, 5, 11, 14). (2.) A son of Arphaxad (1 Chr. 1:18).
Achzib · 2. Al — 2. Al
Chezib · Birthplace of Shelah — Birthplace of Shelah
Judah · .Takes two wives — .Takes two wives
Shelah · 1. — 1.

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 38:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 38:2

Adam Clarke on Genesis 38:5

John Gill on Genesis 38:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 38:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 38:2

Adam Clarke on Genesis 38:5

John Gill on Genesis 38:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 38:2-6

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 38:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 38:1-30