1 Chronicles 2:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 2:3 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 38:2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
- Genesis 38:3So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
- Genesis 38:4Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
- Genesis 38:5Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
- Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
- Genesis 38:10What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
- 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.
- Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
- 1 Chronicles 9:5From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
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