1 Chronicles 2:3

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“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, who put him to death.”

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BSBPD

“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, who put him to death.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 2:3 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 38:2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
  2. Genesis 38:3So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
  3. Genesis 38:4Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
  4. Genesis 38:5Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
  5. Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
  6. Genesis 38:10What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
  7. Genesis 46:12The 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.
  8. Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
  9. 1 Chronicles 4:21The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
  10. 1 Chronicles 9:5From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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