5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
5 She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.
5 Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. Judah
5 She had still another son; she named this one Shelah. They were living at Kezib when she had him.
5 And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
5 And when she gave birth to a third son, she named him Shelah. At the time of Shelah's birth, they were living at Kezib.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 38:5
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The profligate conduct of Judah and his family.
This chapter gives an account of Judah and his family, and such an account it is, that it seems a wonder that of all Jacob's sons, our Lord should spring out of Judah, John 8:41. What awful examples the Lord proclaims in his punishments, of his utter displeasure at sin! Let us seek grace from God to avoid every appearance of sin. And let that state of humbleness to which Jesus submitted, when he came to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, in appointing such characters as those here recorded, to be his ancestors, endear the Redeemer to our hearts.