Genesis 38:12

After some time ¹  Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with ²  his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Ge 24:67; Ge 31:19; Ge 38:1; Jos 15:10,35,37; Jos 19:43; Jud 14:1; 1Sa 25:4-8,36; 2Sa 13:23-29; 2Sa 13:39

¹ sn After some time. There is not enough information in the narrative to know how long this was. The text says “the days increased.” It was long enough for Shelah to mature and for Tamar to realize she would not have him.

² tn Heb “and he went up to the shearers of his sheep, he and.”