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    person

    Bath-shua

    בַּת+H7770

    Bath-shua, a Canaanite woman, was Judah's wife and the mother of his first three sons.

    verses
    2
    first named
    Genesis 38:2
    last named
    1 Chronicles 2:3
    period
    the Patriarchs
    role
    Woman

    Description

    Who was Bath-shua?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Bath-shua is mentioned in 1Ch.2.3 as the Canaanite wife of Judah, son of Israel (or 'Jacob'). She gave birth to Judah's first three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. This brief genealogical note is the only information provided about Bath-shua in the Bible. Her Canaanite origin is significant, as it shows that Judah married outside of his own people, which was not in line with the patriarchs' practice of seeking wives from their own kinsmen. The mention of Bath-shua's sons is also important, as the narrative in Genesis 38 reveals that Er and Onan died due to their wickedness, leaving Judah without an heir until the birth of his twins, Perez and Zerah, through his daughter-in-law Tamar. Bath-shua's inclusion in the genealogy highlights the complex family dynamics and the importance of Judah's lineage in the history of Israel.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Bath-shua10 of 10 entities the graph connects to Bath-shua, in 3 groups: kinship 5, company 1, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.JudahSpouse of · 2 events · 1,023 versesShelahMother of · 3 events · 8 versesErMother of · 2 events · 6 versesOnanMother of · 2 events · 6 versesShuaChild of · 3 versesKinshipTamar’s birthTook part in · 2 versesCompanyZerah1 event · 19 versesPerez1 event · 15 versesTamar1 event · 7 versesAchzib1 event · 4 versesEventsBath-shua

    Child of

    Mother of

    • Erregistry, no verse
    • Onanregistry, no verse
    • Shelahregistry, no verse

    Spouse of

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Bath-shua happensThe one place the claims about Bath-shua reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Achzib. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Bath-shua there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Achzib
    the PatriarchsThe one place the claims about Bath-shua reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.

    1. Genesis1 verse

      38:2

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      2:3

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Tamar’s birth and Er, and 3 morePerezSon of Judah, ancestor of David and Jesusvia Tamar’s birth and Er, and 3 moreZerahSon of Judah, twin of Perezvia Tamar’s birth and Er, and 1 moreTamarJudah's daughter-in-law who bore Perez and Zerahvia Er and OnanOnan’s spillingOnan’s spilling is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Tamar’s birthBirthBirth is a concept gathering 84 labelled instances in the text.via ShelahErJudah's grandson, ancestor of linen workers.via ShelahJoashA descendant of Shelah in the tribe of Judahvia ShelahJokimA descendant of Judah through Shelahvia ShelahLaadahSon of Shelah, a Judahite

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