KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After 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.
WEB World English Bible
After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And 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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 38
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
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.
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.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
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.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.
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וַיִּרְבּוּ֙H7235 · ra.vahto multiplyהַיָּמִ֔יםH3117 · yomdayוַתָּ֖מָתH4191 · mutto dieבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterשׁ֣וּעַH7770 · shu.aShuaאֵֽשֶׁת־H802 · ish.shahwomanיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוַיִּנָּ֣חֶםH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortיְהוּדָ֗הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוַיַּ֜עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעַל־H5921 · aluponגֹּֽזֲזֵ֤יH1494 · ga.zazto shearצֹאנוֹ֙H6629 · tsonflockה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְחִירָ֛הH2437 · chi.rahHirahרֵעֵ֥הוּH7453 · re.aneighborהָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖יH5726 · a.dul.la.miAdullamiteתִּמְנָֽתָה׃H8553 · tim.nahTimnah
Cross-references
Joshua 15:10And 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 Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:2 Samuel 13:39And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.Genesis 24:67And 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].Judges 14:1And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.1 Samuel 25:36And 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 19:43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,Genesis 38:1And 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 13:23-29And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.Joshua 15:37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,1 Samuel 25:4-8And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.Genesis 31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father’s.Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,Joshua 15:57Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
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