Genesis 38 · Verse 5

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 38:5, King James Version

Genesis 38:5 in other translations

BSBThen she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
WEBShe yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
ASVAnd she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
YLTand she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.
DARBYAnd again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.
BBEThen she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
WebsterAnd she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

What does Genesis 38:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Genesis 38:5 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.

וַתֹּ֤סֶףva.To.sefand she repeatedH3254
עוֹד֙'OdagainH5750
וַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledand she boreH3205
בֵּ֔ןBena sonH1121
וַתִּקְרָ֥אva.tik.Ra'and she calledH7121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
שֵׁלָ֑הshe.LahShelahH7956
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand he wasH1961
בִכְזִ֖יבvikh.Zivin KezibH3580
בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּbe.lid.Tahwhen bore sheH3205
אֹתֽוֹ\׃'o.To<obj.> himH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 38:5

  • 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 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.

  • 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 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,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 2268. B.C. 1736.
Shelah.
11,26; 46:12; Nu 26:20; 1Ch 4:21
Chezib.Chezib is said, by Eusebius and Jerome, to have been situated near Adullam, and to be then uninhabited.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 38:4

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

  • 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 38:6

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

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Genesis 38:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y volvió á concebir, y parió un hijo, y llamó su nombre Sela. Y estaba en Chezib cuando lo parió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et elle enfanta encore un fils, et elle appela son nom Shéla. Et Juda était à Kezib quand elle l’enfanta.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wiederum gebar sie einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Schela; Juda war aber zu Kesib, als sie ihn gebar.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tertium quoque peperit: quem appellavit Sela; quo nato, parere ultra cessavit.