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Timnah
Town or city mentioned in 4 verses of the Bible, most often in Genesis.
Where it appears
Key verses
- Genesis 38:12 first mention — 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.
- Genesis 38:13 — And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
- Genesis 38:14 — And 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.
- Joshua 15:57 — Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
Nearby places
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