Genesis 38:12
A long time later Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah had finished the time of mourning, he went to visit his sheepshearers at Timnah with his friend Hirah from Adullam.
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13Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
Cross References
Genesis 24:67Isaac took Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent, and he married her. He loved her, and she brought him comfort after his grief over his mother's death.
Genesis 38:1Around this time, Judah left his brothers and set up his tents at Adullam, near to a local man named Hirah.
Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Joshua 15:57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns with their ssociated villages.
Judges 14:1One day Samson went to Timnah, where a young Philistine woman attracted his attention.
1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was in the house, partying like a king. He was feeling very merry, and he was very drunk. So she didn't tell him anything until the morning.
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 →