Genesis 38:12
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
13When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
Cross References
Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Genesis 38:1About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Joshua 15:57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
Judges 14:1One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:2-12
Judah's Profligacy. ( b. c. 1717.) 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 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at… Read the whole commentary →