Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 2:3
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records Judah’s immediate offspring during a genealogical inventory of Israel’s tribal families. The narrative pauses the lineage to note the mother of Judah’s first three sons and the death of his eldest.
The words — נ֣וֹלַד (No.lad) = it was born, and מִ/בַּת\־ (mi./bat-) = from/ Bath-, together marking the maternal origin of Er, Onan, and Shelah.
The thread — This lineage appears in Genesis 38:2 and Genesis 46:12, where Judah takes a Canaanite wife and bears Er, Onan, and Shelah. Numbers 26:19 reiterates that Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Why it lands — The text records that Er was wicked in the sight of the LORD and that the LORD put him to death. It demands the reader acknowledge divine judgment on the firstborn and the precise maternal line of Judah’s offspring.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.
Cross-references
- Genesis 38:2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
- Genesis 46:12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 9:5 From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.