KJV 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.
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1 Chronicles 2:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.
ASV American Standard Version
The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 2
1 These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 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.
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
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בְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיְהוּדָ֗הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahעֵ֤רH6147 · erErוְאוֹנָן֙H209 · o.nanOnanוְשֵׁלָ֔הH7956 · she.lahShelahשְׁלוֹשָׁה֙H7969 · sha.loshthreeנ֣וֹלַדH3205 · ya.ladto begetל֔וֹH9033 · ohimמִבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterשׁ֖וּעַH7770 · shu.aShuaהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑יתH3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaaniteוַיְהִ֞יH1961 · ha.yahto beעֵ֣ר׀H6147 · erErבְּכ֣וֹרH1060 · be.khorfirstbornיְהוּדָ֗הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahרַ֛עH7451 · rabad: harmfulבְּעֵינֵ֥יH5869 · a.yineyeיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיְמִיתֵֽהוּ׃ סH4191 · mutto die
Cross-references
Genesis 38:2-10And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.1 Chronicles 9:5And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
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