After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
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- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- NASB Now after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- NLT Some years later Judah’s wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep.
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Quick answer
After his wife dies, Judah goes up to the sheepshearing, a time of festivity, with his friend Hirah.
Overview
The death of Judah's wife and his recovery mark a turning point, freeing him to act and providing Tamar her opportunity. Sheepshearing was a festive, often indulgent occasion. The narrative quietly aligns Judah's movements with the trap of his own making.
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- Josh 15:10and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim (also called Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
- 2 Sam 13:39King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
- Gen 24:67Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Judg 14:1Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- Josh 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- 1 Sam 25:4–8David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
- 1 Sam 25:36Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, until the morning light.
- 2 Sam 13:23–29After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
- Gen 38:1At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
- Gen 31:19Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
- Josh 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- Josh 15:57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
- Josh 15:37Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
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