Bathshua
Bathshua was a Canaanite woman and the daughter of Barsan, king of Adullam. When Judah went to him, Barsan made a feast and gave Bathshua to Judah as his wife.
Bathshua refused to allow Judah to give Shelah to Tamar, bearing spite against Tamar because she was not of the daughters of Canaan as Bathshua herself was. Judah fell before Bathshua the Canaanite and was led astray to her for the sake of money and beauty. He also revealed the commandments of God and the mysteries of Jacob to the Canaanitish Bathshua, though God had forbidden him to declare them to her.
Biography
- Era
- Patriarchal
- Nationality
- Canaanite
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Bathshua in Testaments 43
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 43:2
And when I went to him I saw Barsan, king of Adullam, and he made us a feast; and he entreated me, and gave me his daugh...
2nd when I went to him I saw Barsan, king of Adullam, and he made us a feast; and he entreated me, and gave me his daughter Bathshua to wife.
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Bathshua in Testaments 45
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 45:6
And I wished to give Shelah also to her, but my wife Bathshua suffered it not; for she bore a spite against Tamar, becau...
6nd I wished to give Shelah also to her, but my wife Bathshua suffered it not; for she bore a spite against Tamar, because she was not of the daughters of Canaan, as she herself was.
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Bathshua in Testaments 48
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 48:3
For since I also gloried that in wars the face of no woman of goodly form ever deceived me, and upbraided Reuben my brot...
3or since I also gloried that in wars the face of no woman of goodly form ever deceived me, and upbraided Reuben my brother concerning Bilhah, the wife of my father, the spirits of jealousy and of fornication arrayed themselves within me, until I fell before Bathshua the Canaanite, and Tamar who was espoused to my sons.
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Bathshua in Testaments 51
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 51:5
Moreover, wine revealeth the mysteries of God and men to aliens, even as I also revealed the commandments of God and the...
5oreover, wine revealeth the mysteries of God and men to aliens, even as I also revealed the commandments of God and the mysteries of Jacob my father to the Canaanitish Bathshua, to whom God forbade to declare them.
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Bathshua in Testaments 52
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 52:1
I charge you, therefore, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women; because for the sake of m...
1 charge you, therefore, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women; because for the sake of money and beauty I was led astray to Bathshua the Canaanite.
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Did You Know?
In the Testament of Judah, Bathshua is the daughter of Barsan, king of Adullam, who gave her to Judah at a feast.
Her father decked her with gold and pearls and had her pour the wine for Judah at the feast.
She bore Judah three sons, Er, Onan and Shelah, and only Shelah lived to have children.
Bathshua would not let Shelah marry Tamar, because Tamar was not a daughter of Canaan as she herself was.
While Judah was away she found Shelah a Canaanite wife, and Judah says he cursed her and she died.