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Bath-shua
Daughter of Shua, mother of Onan, Er and Shelah, in the age of the patriarchs. Named in scripture at Genesis 38:2.
What we know — and how we know it
Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 2
Family & lineage
Where in scripture
Genesis1 ChroniclesJudah saw there a certain Canaanite man named Shua’s daughter. He took her, and went in to her.
Genesis 38:2
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; and he killed him.
1 Chronicles 2:3
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.