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When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him. <a href="/nlt/genesis/38.htm">New Living Translation</a> Some years later Judah’s wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep. <a href="/esv/genesis/38.htm">English Standard Version</a> In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/bsb/genesis/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/genesis/38.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/38.htm">New King James Version</a> Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/nasb/genesis/38.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now after a considerable time Shua&#8217s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/lsb/genesis/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And after a considerable time, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Then Judah was comforted, and he went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/amp/genesis/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But quite a while later, Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, he went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah with his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/csb/genesis/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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 Timnah to his sheepshearers. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> After a long time Judah&#8217s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to the sheepshearers. <a href="/asv/genesis/38.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/genesis/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Some years later Judah's wife died, and he mourned for her. He then went with his friend Hirah to the town of Timnah, where his sheep were being sheared. <a href="/erv/genesis/38.htm">English Revised Version</a> And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/gwt/genesis/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> After a long time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah from Adullam went to Timnah where the men were shearing Judah's sheep. <a href="/gnt/genesis/38.htm">Good News Translation</a> After some time Judah's wife died. When he had finished the time of mourning, he and his friend Hirah of Adullam went to Timnah, where his sheep were being sheared. <a href="/isv/genesis/38.htm">International Standard Version</a> Some years later, Shua's daughter (that is, Judah's wife) died. As Judah was grieving, he visited the shearers of his flock in Timnah, accompanied by his Adullamite friend Hirah. <a href="/msb/genesis/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/genesis/38.htm">NET Bible</a> After some time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/nheb/genesis/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> After some time, Judah?s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah finished mourning, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/wbt/genesis/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And 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. <a href="/web/genesis/38.htm">World English Bible</a> After 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah’s wife, dies; and Judah is comforted, and goes up to his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath. <a href="/ylt/genesis/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/genesis/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the days will be multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, will die; and Judah will be comforted, and will go up to the shearers of his sheep, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And after many days were past, the daughter of Sue the wife of Juda died: and when he had taken comfort after his mourning, he went up to Thamnas, to the shearers of his sheep, he and Hiras the Odollamite the shepherd of his flock. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then, after many days had passed, the daughter of Shua, the wife of Judah, died. And when he accepted consolation after his mourning, he went up to the shearers of his sheep at Timnah, he and Hirah, the herdsman of the Adullamite flock. <a href="/nabre/genesis/38.htm">New American Bible</a> Time passed, and the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died. After Judah completed the period of mourning, he went up to Timnah, to those who were shearing his sheep, in company with his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died; when Judah’s time of mourning was over, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And in the course of time Shuah's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Arlemite. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And days multiplied and the daughter of Shua, the wife of Yehuda, died, and Yehuda was comforted and he came up to the shearers of his flock, he and Khira his friend, the Arlemite, to Tamnath.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/genesis/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the days were fulfilled, and Sava the wife of Judas died; and Judas, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Iras his Shepherd the Odollamite, to Thamna. <a href="/parallel/genesis/38-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=9717" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/38.htm">Judah and Tamar</a> …11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house. 12<a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: way·yir·bū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">After a long</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">time</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’ê·šeṯ- (N-fsc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wife,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">the daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/7770.htm" title="7770: šū·a‘ (N-proper-fs) -- Shua -- father of Judah's wife. The same as shuwa'; Shua, a Canaanite.">of Shua,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: wat·tā·māṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">died.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">When Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: way·yin·nā·ḥem (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">had finished mourning,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·‘ê·hū (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">and his friend</a> <a href="/hebrew/2437.htm" title="2437: wə·ḥî·rāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A friend of Judah. From chavar in the sense of splendor; Chirah, an Adullamite.">Hirah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5726.htm" title="5726: hā·‘ă·ḏul·lā·mî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Adullam. Patrial from Adullam; an Adullamite or native of Adullam.">the Adullamite</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">went up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1494.htm" title="1494: gō·ză·zê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To shear. A primitive root; to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy.">his sheepshearers</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣō·nōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8553.htm" title="8553: tim·nā·ṯāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Territory, two cities in Judah. From manah; a portion assigned; Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine.">at Timnah.</a> 13When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ruth/1-3.htm">Ruth 1:3-5</a> Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons, / who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years, / both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband. <a href="/2_samuel/13-38.htm">2 Samuel 13:38-39</a> After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years. / And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death. <a href="/1_kings/2-13.htm">1 Kings 2:13-25</a> Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied. / Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered. / “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD. ... <a href="/2_kings/4-1.htm">2 Kings 4:1-7</a> Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” / “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” / “Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few. ... <a href="/job/1-18.htm">Job 1:18-19</a> While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, / when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” <a href="/proverbs/31-10.htm">Proverbs 31:10</a> A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. <a href="/matthew/22-23.htm">Matthew 22:23-30</a> That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him. / “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother. ... <a href="/mark/12-18.htm">Mark 12:18-25</a> Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him: / “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children. ... <a href="/luke/20-27.htm">Luke 20:27-36</a> Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him. / “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless. ... <a href="/romans/7-2.htm">Romans 7:2-3</a> For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. / So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a> A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord. <a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">1 Timothy 5:14</a> So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander. <a href="/1_timothy/5-9.htm">1 Timothy 5:9-11</a> A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband, / and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work. / But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry, <a href="/1_corinthians/7-8.htm">1 Corinthians 7:8-9</a> Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am. / But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-10.htm">1 Corinthians 7:10-11</a> To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. / But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And 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.in process of time.<a href="/genesis/24-67.htm">Genesis 24:67</a> 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.<a href="/2_samuel/13-39.htm">2 Samuel 13:39</a> And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.sheep shearers.<a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Genesis 31:19</a> And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.<a href="/1_samuel/25-4.htm">1 Samuel 25:4-8,36</a> And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep… <a href="/2_samuel/13-23.htm">2 Samuel 13:23-29</a> And 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… Timnath.<a href="/joshua/15-10.htm">Joshua 15:10,35,37</a> 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 Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: … Timnah.<a href="/joshua/19-43.htm">Joshua 19:43</a> And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,Thimnathah.<a href="/judges/14-1.htm">Judges 14:1</a> And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/38-1.htm">Adullam</a> <a href="/genesis/38-1.htm">Adullamite</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/3-5.htm">Bath-Shua</a> <a href="/genesis/37-35.htm">Comforted</a> <a href="/acts/28-23.htm">Considerable</a> <a href="/genesis/8-3.htm">Course</a> <a 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href="/genesis/36-12.htm">Timnath</a> <a href="/genesis/38-9.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/12-15.htm">Adullam</a> <a href="/genesis/38-20.htm">Adullamite</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">Bath-Shua</a> <a href="/genesis/50-21.htm">Comforted</a> <a href="/matthew/14-24.htm">Considerable</a> <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Course</a> <a href="/genesis/40-10.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/genesis/38-16.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/genesis/44-9.htm">Died</a> <a href="/genesis/41-1.htm">End</a> <a href="/genesis/41-53.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/genesis/38-20.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/genesis/44-13.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/genesis/38-20.htm">Hirah</a> <a href="/genesis/38-15.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/joshua/19-9.htm">Judah's</a> <a href="/exodus/21-19.htm">Loss</a> <a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Process</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-18.htm">Recovered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-4.htm">Shearing</a> <a href="/genesis/38-13.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-23.htm">Sheepshearers</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-23.htm">Sheep-Shearers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">Shua</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">Shuah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">Shua's</a> <a href="/genesis/38-27.htm">Time</a> <a href="/genesis/38-13.htm">Timnah</a> <a href="/genesis/38-13.htm">Timnath</a> <a href="/genesis/38-14.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 38</div>1. <a href="/genesis/38-1.htm">Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/38-6.htm">Er's marriage with Tamar, and death.</a> 8. <a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">The trespass of Onan.</a> 11. <a href="/genesis/38-11.htm">Tamar is reserved for Shelah.</a> 12. <a href="/genesis/38-12.htm">Judah's wife dies.</a> 13. <a href="/genesis/38-13.htm">Tamar deceives Judah.</a> 27. <a href="/genesis/38-27.htm">She bears twins, Pharez and Zarah.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div 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</script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/38.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/38.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>After a long time This phrase indicates a significant passage of time since the events previously described in <a href="/genesis/38.htm">Genesis 38</a>. It suggests a period of waiting or transition, which is a common theme in biblical narratives. The passage of time often sets the stage for new developments or divine interventions.Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. The mention of Judah's wife as the daughter of Shua highlights her Canaanite origin, which is significant given the patriarchal emphasis on marrying within the covenant community. Her death marks a turning point in Judah's life, leading to subsequent events that will have lasting implications for his family line. This also reflects the transient nature of life and relationships, a recurring theme in Scripture.When Judah had finished mourning, The mourning period was a culturally significant time in ancient Near Eastern societies, often involving specific rituals and customs. This phrase indicates that Judah observed the traditional period of mourning, which underscores the importance of family and community in the grieving process. Mourning customs are also seen in other biblical accounts, such as the mourning for Jacob (<a href="/genesis/50-10.htm">Genesis 50:10</a>).he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite Hirah is mentioned as a friend of Judah, indicating a close relationship. The term "Adullamite" refers to someone from Adullam, a city in the Shephelah region of Judah. This friendship may suggest alliances or social connections outside of Judah's immediate family, which could have implications for his decisions and actions. The presence of Hirah in the narrative highlights the role of companionship and influence in personal choices.went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah. Sheepshearing was a significant economic and social event in ancient times, often associated with festivity and celebration. Timnah, located in the hill country of Judah, serves as the geographical setting for the unfolding events. This journey to Timnah sets the stage for the encounter with Tamar, which will have profound implications for Judah's lineage. The act of sheepshearing is also mentioned in other biblical contexts, such as in the story of David and Nabal (1 Samuel 25), indicating its importance in the agrarian society of the time.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> One of the twelve sons of Jacob, Judah is a central figure in this account. His actions and decisions play a significant role in the unfolding events of <a href="/bsb/genesis/38.htm">Genesis 38</a>. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah's_wife,_the_daughter_of_shua.htm">Judah's Wife, the Daughter of Shua</a> Although unnamed, she is significant as Judah's wife and the mother of his children. Her death marks a turning point in the account. 3. <a href="/topical/h/hirah_the_adullamite.htm">Hirah the Adullamite</a> A friend of Judah, Hirah accompanies him to Timnah. His presence highlights the social and cultural practices of the time. 4. <a href="/topical/t/timnah.htm">Timnah</a> A location in the account where Judah goes to shear his sheep. It serves as the setting for subsequent events in the chapter. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sheep_shearing.htm">Sheep Shearing</a> An event that was not only agricultural but also social, often accompanied by festivities and gatherings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_loss.htm">The Impact of Loss</a> Judah's response to his wife's death shows the human experience of grief and the need for community support during mourning. <a href="/topical/f/friendship_and_influence.htm">Friendship and Influence</a> Hirah's role as Judah's companion reminds us of the influence friends can have on our decisions and actions. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_practices.htm">Cultural Practices</a> Understanding the cultural context of sheep shearing helps us see how everyday events can lead to significant spiritual and moral decisions. <a href="/topical/m/moral_complexity.htm">Moral Complexity</a> Judah's account is a reminder that God can work through flawed individuals to fulfill His purposes, encouraging us to seek redemption and transformation. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_lineage.htm">Legacy and Lineage</a> Despite personal failures, Judah's lineage plays a crucial role in God's redemptive plan, pointing to the grace and sovereignty of God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 38</a> <a href="/q/how_does_genesis_38_fit_biblical_ethics.htm">In Genesis 38 overall, how does this morally complex story align with the broader biblical narrative on sexual ethics and lineage preservation?</a> <a href="/q/is_it_credible_judah_didn't_recognize_tamar.htm">In Genesis 38:14–18, how credible is it historically that Judah would fail to recognize his own daughter-in-law simply because she covered her face? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_judah_call_tamar_'righteous'.htm">In Genesis 38:25-26, why does Judah suddenly shift from condemning Tamar to declaring her 'more righteous' than he is, without any direct divine intervention or clear moral explanation?</a> <a href="/q/does_1_chr_2_3-4_align_with_gen_38.htm">How does 1 Chronicles 2:3-4 align with Genesis 38 regarding Judah and Tamar's lineage, and does it create inconsistencies?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/38.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Timnath.--There were two places of this name (<a href="/joshua/15-10.htm" title="And the border compassed from Baalah westward to mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:">Joshua 15:10</a>; <a href="/joshua/15-57.htm" title="Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:">Joshua 15:57</a>). One was a little to the west of Bethlehem, the other upon the Philistine border, beyond Bethshemesh. As it lay, however, only about seven miles beyond Adullam, and as the flocks there were Judah's private property (<a href="/genesis/38-13.htm" title="And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold your father in law goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep.">Genesis 38:13</a>), and under the charge of Hirah, this remoter place, now called Tibneh, is probably the Timnath meant, as at Bethlehem the pastures were occupied by his father. (See also <a href="/genesis/38-14.htm" title="And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, 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 to him to wife.">Genesis 38:14</a>.) For the sheep-shearing, see <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm" title="And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.">Genesis 31:19</a>. Instead of "his friend Hirah," the LXX. and Vulg. render his shepherd Hirah. This would require no change in the consonants, but only in the vowels. Most of the other authorities agree with the Authorised Version; but even so, there was most probably some partnership between Judah and Hirah in these flocks, and they would be under Hirah's charge whenever Judah was absent, tending the flocks of his father.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - And in process of time - literally, and the days were multiplied (cf. <a href="/genesis/4-3.htm">Genesis 4:3</a>), which is rendered by the same words in the A.V. - the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted (or, comforted himself, ceased to mourn), and went up unto his sheep-shearers (vide <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Genesis 31:19</a>) to Timnath, - a border town between Ekron and Bethshemesh (<a href="/joshua/15-10.htm">Joshua 15:10</a>) in the plain of Judah (Kalisch, Wordsworth, W. L. Alexander in Kitto's 'Cyclopedia'); but more probably here a town (<a href="/joshua/15-57.htm">Joshua 15:57</a>) in the mountains of Judah (Robinson, 2:343, Keil, Alford, 'Speaker's Commentary') - he and his friend - ὁ ποιμὴν αὐτοῦ (LXX.) - Hirah the Adullamite. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/38-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>After a long וַיִּרְבּוּ֙ (way·yir·bū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> To be or become much, many or great time הַיָּמִ֔ים (hay·yā·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day Judah’s יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites wife, אֵֽשֶׁת־ (’ê·šeṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female the daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Shua, שׁ֣וּעַ (šū·a‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7770.htm">Strong's 7770: </a> Shua -- father of Judah's wife died. וַתָּ֖מָת (wat·tā·māṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill When Judah יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites had finished mourning, וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (way·yin·nā·ḥem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge he ה֗וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are and his friend רֵעֵ֥הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> Friend, companion, fellow Hirah וְחִירָ֛ה (wə·ḥî·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2437.htm">Strong's 2437: </a> Hirah -- a friend of Judah the Adullamite הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖י (hā·‘ă·ḏul·lā·mî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5726.htm">Strong's 5726: </a> Adullamite -- inhabitant of Adullam went up וַיַּ֜עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against his sheepshearers גֹּֽזֲזֵ֤י (gō·ză·zê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1494.htm">Strong's 1494: </a> To cut off, to shear a, flock, shave the hair, to destroy an enemy at Timnah. תִּמְנָֽתָה׃ (tim·nā·ṯāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8553.htm">Strong's 8553: </a> Timnah -- 'territory', two cities in Judah <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/38-12.htm">OT Law: Genesis 38:12 After many days Shua's daughter the wife (Gen. 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