Bible Location

Chezib

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Chezib was the town where Judah's son Shelah was born, likely related to the Achzib/Cozeba tradition. It is important because it belongs to the domestic geography of Judah's early family narratives. First appears in Gen 38:5.1

Coordinates

31.70, 35.00

First appears

Gen 38:5

AI summary: Chezib matters because family history in Genesis is rooted in named towns, not abstract lineage alone. The place belongs to the morally tangled but historically grounded story of Judah's house.1

Latitude

31.70

Longitude

35.00

Bible references

1