Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 38:5
And she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
5. Chezib ] The same name as Achzib in Jos 15:44.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 5. And he was at Chezib when she bare him.] This town is supposed to be the same with Achzib, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44. “The name,” says Ainsworth, “has in Hebrew the signification of lying; and to it the prophet alludes, saying the houses of Achzib shall be (Achzab) a lie to the kings of Israel, Mic 1:14.”
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Chezib; a place near Adullam, called also Achzib, Jos 19:29; Mic 1:14.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And she conceived, and bare a son,…. A third son:
and called his name Shelah; which signifies tranquil, quiet, peaceable and prosperous, and is a word that comes from the same root as Shiloh, that famous son of Judah that should spring from him, Ge 49:10 the reason of the name, as given by the Targum, is,
“because her husband forgot her:”
and she was at Chezib when she bare him; Chezib is the name of a place, by some taken to be the same with Achzib or Ecdippe, now Zib, see Mic 1:14; it seems to be a city in the tribe of Judah; and Jerom n says, in his time there was a desert place of this name near Adullam, on the borders of Eleutheropolis; the reason of her being here at the time of her delivery, and of this circumstance being related, is not certain.
n De loc. Heb. fol. 90. E.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Chezib.Mr. Conder has found traces of this place at Ain Kezbeh, near Beit Nettif, a little to the north of Adullam (Handbook, p. 408). In Mic. 1:14-15, it is called Achzib, and is there also placed near Adullam.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
5. At Chezib Probably the same as Achzib, mentioned in Jos 15:44, and Mic 1:14. This was probably at the modern Kusaba, fifteen miles southwest of Beit-jibrin . This mention of her bearing Shelah at Chezib intimates that Er and Onan were born elsewhere . Judah at this time probably led a wandering life, and his being with his brethren at Dothan (Gen 37:26) does not involve, as Keil argues, that he was unmarried at that time .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 38:5. He was at Chezib The name of a place not far distant from Adullam and Mamre, thought to be the same with Achzib, Jos 15:44. Moses mentions Judah’s absence when this child was born, probably as the reason why his wife gave names to the third as well as the second son; whereas he himself named the first, Jos 15:3. See Patrick. The Vulgate, Grotius, and others, make Chezib an appellative, and render it, She gave over bearing when she had borne him. The word signifies lying; and to this signification the prophet alludes, Mic 1:14. The houses of Achzib shall be (Achzab) a lie. See Ainsworth.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Gen 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Ver. 5. He was at Chezib. ] Called also Achzib. Mic 1:14 It hath its name from lying.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
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Shelah: Gen 38:11, Gen 38:26, Gen 46:12, Num 26:20, 1Ch 4:21
Chezib: Chezib is said, by Eusebius and Jerome, to have been situated near Adullam, and to be then uninhabited.
Reciprocal: Jos 15:44 – Achzib Jos 19:29 – Achzib Neh 11:5 – Shiloni