Shelah

Here beginneth the third chapter of the book of the Gospel according to Saint Luke.

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggi, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Simeon, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addai, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arnai, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shela, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Here endeth the second lesson.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace : According to thy word.

Peleg was the son of Eber.

Eber was the son of Shelah.

Shelah was the son of Canaan.

Canaan was the son of Arphaxad.

Arphaxad was the son of Shem.

And in the thirtieth jubilee, in the second week, in the first year thereof, he took to himself a wife, and her name was Melca, the daughter of Madai, the son of Japheth.

And in the fourth year he begat a son, and called his name Shelah, for he said, Truly I have been sent.

And in the fourth year he was born, and Shelah grew up and took to himself a wife, and her name was Mu'ak, the daughter of Kessed, his father's brother, in the one and thirtieth jubilee, in the fifth week in the first year thereof.

And she bare him a son in the fifth year thereof, and he called his name Eber.

And he took unto himself a wife, and her name was Azurad, the daughter of Nebrod, in the thirty-second jubilee, in the seventh week in the third year thereof.

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his, but his brother's only, and he went into the house of his brother's wife and spilt the seed on the ground, and he was wicked in the eyes of the Lord, and he slew him.

Six.

And Judah said unto Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain in thy father's house as a widow till Shelah my son be grown up, and I shall give thee to him to wife.

I will be greater than Joseph." Judah and his wife continued to grow their family.

They bore another son and named him Onan, and then another called Shelah.

The three boys grew up together under the legacy of Jacob.

However, the Canaanite practices of their mother also influenced them.

He watched the new light shine over the green pastures where his flock grazed peacefully.

Judah kissed his wife, splashed his face with water, and grabbed his staff.

Onan and Shelah walked behind him.

The air was cooler than normal, and dark clouds shrouded the skies.

She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan.

She gave birth to still another son, so there's three sons in this story, named him Shelah.

It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.

Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, his oldest, and her name was Tamar.

He tells the second son to marry Tamar, and the second son is also disobedient in his responsibility according to this law, so he is put to death.

Judah, the father here, is getting a little worried because he has lost two sons that have been married to the same woman.

So what he says is that, "Okay, wait till my youngest son Shelah, as we're supposed to do following the law, is old enough, and then you can marry him.

Go back to your father and grieve, and when the time has come that Shelah has grown, you can get married." But secretly, what Judah actually did was hid his youngest son away and kept him from Tamar.

Some of the sons of Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem.

Those from Judah were Atheiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephetiah, the son of Mehalabel, the descendants of Perez, and Maasiah, the son of Baruch, the son of Kol Hosei, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Jorib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shelah.

All the descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 valiant men.

These are the sons of Benjamin, Salu, the son of Meshulam, the son of Joad, the son of Pedeiah, the son of Coleiah, the son of Maseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesheiah, and after him, Gabii and Selei, totaling nine hundred and twenty-eight.

She called his name Onan.

Now, what happens with these guys? And then what happens with her, okay? Yet again, she conceived a bare son and called his name Shelah.

Now, You're going to see this principle that the Sadducees laid out in Matthew 22.

With Tamar.

Then said Judah to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, he blamed her.

He blamed her.

He said, remain a widow at thy father's house till Shelah, my son, be grown.

For he said, lest peradventure he die also as his brethren did.

She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.

Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah.

Judah was in Chezib when she bore him.

As this story begins, we first find that Judah marries and has three sons.

And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord.

And he put him to death also.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, remain a widow in your father's house till Shelah, my son, grows up.

For he feared that he would die like his brothers.