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    2 others in the registry answer to the name Shelah. Every Shelah in the Bible

    person · also Shelanite

    Shelah

    שֵׁלָה

    Shelah, Judah's third son, and his descendants, the Shelanites.

    verses
    8
    first named
    Genesis 38:5
    last named
    1 Chronicles 4:21
    period
    Egypt and Wilderness
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Shelah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Shelah was the third and youngest son of Judah, born to him in Chezib (Gen.38.5). After the deaths of his older brothers, Er and Onan, Judah promised Tamar, Er's widow, that Shelah would marry her when he grew up. However, Judah did not keep this promise (Gen.38.11,14,26).

    Shelah's descendants were called Shelanites (Num.26.20) and were one of the clans of Judah. They were included in the census of the tribe of Judah in the wilderness (Num.26.20) and in the genealogies of Judah (1Ch.2.3; 4.21). Shelah's descendants included potters and linen workers who lived in Judah (1Ch.4.21-23).

    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 Shelah10 of 15 entities the graph connects to Shelah, in 3 groups: kinship 6, company 1, events 3. 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.JudahChild of · 2 events · 1,023 versesZerahSibling of · 2 events · 19 versesPerezSibling of · 2 events · 15 versesErSibling of · 2 events · 6 versesOnanSibling of · 2 events · 6 versesBath-shuaChild of · 3 events · 2 versesKinshipTamar’s birthTook part in · 2 versesCompanyLiving1 event · 94 versesTamar4 events · 7 versesAchzib1 event · 4 versesEventsShelah

    The 10 best-attested of 15 are drawn. All 15 are listed below.

    Child of

    Father of

    Sibling of

    • Erregistry, no verse
    • Onanregistry, no verse
    • Perezregistry, no verse
    • Zerahregistry, no verse

    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 Shelah happensThe one place the claims about Shelah 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 Shelah 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
    Egypt and WildernessThe one place the claims about Shelah reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 8, across 3 books. The name is written 9 times in them.

    1. Genesis5 verses

      38:538:1138:1438:2646:12

    2. Numbers1 verse

      26:20

    3. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      2:34:21

    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 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 Perez and ZerahTamar’s birthTamar’s birth is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Judah and PerezHezronSon of Perez, grandson of Judah, ancestor of David.via Judah and ZerahZerahite ClanZerahite Clan is a group attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via ErLecahSon of Er, a Judahitevia LaadahMareshahSon or town of Laadah in Judah.via Bath-shuaShuaFather of Canaanite wife of Judah, mother of Er, Onan, and Shelah.via Tamar’s birthBirthBirth is a concept gathering 84 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on