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And Arphaxad begat Shelah , and Shelah begat Eber .

Shem , Arphaxad , Shelah ,

And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah : and he was at Chezib , when she bare him.

And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah , the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah , the family of the Zarhites.

And the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan , and Shelah , and Pharez, and Zerah : but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan . And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul .

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah , and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

The sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan , and Shelah : which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah , was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnah ; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

Shelah was Judah ’s son. Shelah ’s sons were Er, Laadah , Jokim , the men from Cozeba , Joash , and Saraph . Er was the father of Lecah. Laadah was the father of Mareshah and the tribes of linen workers at Beth Ashbea. Joash and Saraph married Moabite women. Then they went back to Bethlehem . The writings about this family are very old.

Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam , answered and said unto Ezra , We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

These are the family groups from the tribe of Judah : Shelah —the Shelanite family group; Perez —the Perezite family group; Zerah —the Zerahite family group. (Two of Judah ’s sons, Er and Onan , died in Canaan .)

The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah , nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.