Genesis 38:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 38:12 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 31:19Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- Genesis 38:1About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
- Joshua 15:10The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
- Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- Joshua 15:37Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,
- Joshua 15:57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- Judges 14:1One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
- 1 Samuel 25:4While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
- 2 Samuel 13:39And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
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