John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 38:5

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And she conceived, and bare a son, etc.] A third son: and called his name Shelah; which signifies tranquil, quiet, peaceable and prosperous, and is a word that comes from the same root as Shiloh, that famous son of Judah that should spring from him, (<014910>Genesis 49:10) the reason of the name, as given by the Targum, is, “because her husband forgot her:” and she was at Chezib when she bare him; Chezib is the name of a place, by some taken to be the same with Achzib or Ecdippe, now Zib, (see <330101> Micah 1:14); it seems to be a city in the tribe of Judah; and Jerom f1666 says, in his time there was a desert place of this name near Adullam, on the borders of Eleutheropolis; the reason of her being here at the time of her delivery, and of this circumstance being related, is not certain.

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