Person of Interest

    Shelah

    meaning: that breaks; that unties; that undresses

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Dictionary Summary:Judah’s third son ([Gen. 38:2](/gen#Gen.38.2), [5](/gen#Gen.38.5), [11](/gen#Gen.38.11), [14](/gen#Gen.38.14)). 2


Place of Birth

      Chezib - Location

      meaning: Deceitful, a town where Shelah, the son of Judah, was born ([Gen. 38:5](/gen#Gen.38.5)). Probably th...

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    Father

      Judah

      meaning: the praise of the Lord; confession

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    Mother

      Daughter of Shuah

      meaning: 

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    Siblings

      Er

      meaning: watchman

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      Onan

      meaning: 

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    Children

      Jokim

      meaning: that made the sun stand still

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      Laadah

      meaning: to assemble together; to testify; passing over

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      Joash

      meaning: who despairs or burns

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      Saraph

      meaning: 

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      Er

      meaning: watchman

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    Cross References
    BookCross-References
    Gen
      38.5 38.11 38.14 38.26 46.12 
    Num
      26.20 
    1Chr
      2.3 4.21 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.