Genesis 38 · Verse 12

Genesis 38:12

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 38:12, King James Version

Genesis 38:12 in other translations

BSBAfter a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
WEBAfter many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
ASVAnd in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
YLTAnd the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.
DARBYAnd as the days were multiplied, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah was comforted, and he went up to his sheep-shearers, to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
BBEAnd after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.
WebsterAnd in process of time, the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died: and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

What does Genesis 38:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. Judah ... went up unto his sheep-shearers--This season, which occurs in Palestine towards the end of March, was spent in more than usual hilarity, and the wealthiest masters invited their friends, as well as treated their servants, to sumptuous entertainments. Accordingly, it is said, Judah was accompanied by his friend Hirah. Timnath--in the mountains of Judah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 In process of time - This phrase, which is in general use in the Bible, needs explanation; the original is וירבו הימים vaiyirbu haiyamim, and the days were multiplied. Though it implies an indefinite time, yet it generally embraces a pretty long period, and in this place may mean several years.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Genesis 38:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּרְבּוּ֙vai.yir.Buand they increasedH7235
הַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117
וַתָּ֖מָתva.Ta.motand she diedH4191
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323
שׁ֣וּעַShu.a'ShuaH7770
אֵֽשֶׁת\־'e.shet-[the] wife ofH802
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvai.yi.Na.chemand he was comfortedH5162
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַיַּ֜עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
עַל\־'al-toH5921
גֹּֽזֲזֵ֤יgo.za.Zei[the] shearers ofH1494
צֹאנוֹ֙tzo.Nosheep hisH6629
ה֗וּאHu'heH1931
וְחִירָ֛הve.chi.Rahand HirahH2437
רֵעֵ֥הוּre.'E.hufriend hisH7453
הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖יha.'a.du.la.Mithe AdullamiteH5726
תִּמְנָֽתָה\׃tim.Na.tahTimnah towardsH8553

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Cross references for Genesis 38:12

  • Joshua 15:10

    And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

  • 2 Samuel 13:39

    And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

  • Judges 14:1

    And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

  • Genesis 24:67

    And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

  • Genesis 31:19

    And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

  • 1 Samuel 25:4-8

    And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. …

  • Joshua 15:35

    Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

  • Joshua 15:37

    Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal–gad,

  • Genesis 38:1

    And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

  • 2 Samuel 13:23-29

    And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal–hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons. And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant. And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? …

  • 1 Samuel 25:36

    And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

  • Joshua 15:57

    Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in process of time. Heb. the days were multiplied.comforted.
24:67; 2Sa 13:39
sheep shearers.
31:19; 1Sa 25:4-8,36; 2Sa 13:23-29
Timnath.Timnath is, in all probability, that in the border of Judah, between Jerusalem and Diospolis, given to Dan, and mentioned in the history of Samson as belonging to the Philistines.
1; Jos 15:10,35,37
Timnah.
Jos 19:43
Thimnathah.
Jud 14:1

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Context

  • 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 38:12

    And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

  • Genesis 38:13

    And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

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Genesis 38:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pasaron muchos días, y murió la hija de Súa, mujer de Judá; y Judá se consoló, y subía á los trasquiladores de sus ovejas á Timnath, él y su amigo Hira el Adullamita.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les jours se multiplièrent, et la fille de Shua, femme de Juda, mourut; et Juda se consola, et monta à Thimna, lui et Hira, l’Adullamite, son ami, vers les tondeurs de son troupeau.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als der Tage viele geworden, da starb die Tochter Schuas, das Weib Judas. Und als Juda getröstet war, ging er zu seinen Schafscherern hinauf, er und Hira, sein Freund, der Adullamiter, nach Timna.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Evolutis autem multis diebus, mortua est filia Sue uxor Judæ: qui, post luctum consolatione suscepta, ascendebat ad tonsores ovium suarum, ipse et Hiras opilio gregis Odollamites, in Thamnas.