Timnah (Genesis 38)
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Other places named Timnah: Timnah, Timnah (Joshua 15).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Timnath |
| Most likely | another name for Timnah (Joshua 15) (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.409° N, 35.134° E |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Genesis 38:12 |
Timnah (Genesis 38) is a settlement named in 3 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Timnah (Joshua 15) (low confidence; 2 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Timnah (Joshua 15) | low (32%) | 31.409° N, 35.134° E |
| another name for Timnah | low (29%) | 31.785° N, 34.910° E |
| Khirbet et Tabbaneh | very low (8%) | 31.694° N, 35.049° E |
Verses
Genesis
- Genesis 38:12And 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.
- Genesis 38:13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
- Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.