Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of two persons in the bible”. Today it says “third son of judah”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Biblical figure; third son of Judah”. It now reads “Biblical figure; third son of Judah According to the Bible”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Shelah or Shela ( שֵׁלָה "Petition", Standard Hebrew Šela , Tiberian Hebrew Šēlāh ) is the name of two persons in the Bible : The son of Arpachshad , and thus the grandson of Shem . In the Septuagint , however, Arpachshad's son was Cainan , making Shelah Arpachshad's grandson. Shelah's son was Eber . A son of Judah , whom he would not let be Tamar 's husband. (Genesis 38:5,11,14,26; 46:10; Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 2:3; 4:21) He became father of Er and Laadah and the ancestor of the Shelanites. Shelah is also one of several variant transliterations of Saleh .1
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According to the Bible , Shelah / Shela ( Hebrew : שֵׁלָה , Modern : Shela , Tiberian : Šēlā , Petition) was the youngest brother among Judah 's first three sons, and was born at Chezib .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
According to the Bible , Shelah / Shela ( Hebrew : שֵׁלָה , Modern : Shela , Tiberian : Šēlā , meaning "petition" ) was the youngest brother among Judah 's first three sons, and was born at Chezib .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Biblical figure; third son of Judah For other uses, see Shelah (disambiguation) . According to the Bible , Shelah / Shela ( Hebrew : שֵׁלָה , Modern : Shela , Tiberian : Šēlā , meaning "petition" ) was the youngest brother among Judah 's first three sons, and was born at Chezib .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Biblical figure; third son of Judah For other uses, see Shelah (disambiguation) . According to the Bible , Shelah / Shela ( Hebrew : שֵׁלָה , Modern : Shela , Tiberian : Šēlā , meaning "petition" ) was the third son of Judah , and was born at Chezib , which can be identified with an unknown town in the vicinity of Mareshah .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of two persons in the bible”. Today it says “third son of judah”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Biblical figure; third son of Judah”. It now reads “Biblical figure; third son of Judah According to the Bible”. Read the current article and compare.
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name of two persons in the bible
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third son of judah
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