Shua

Shua is a man living at the time of the Patriarchs. He is named in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 38:2.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 38:2
  And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
• Genesis 38:12
  And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:3
  The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.