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1 Chronicles 2:3-4

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Judah’s Descendants

2:3 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, 1  a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. 2 

2:4 Tamar, Judah’s 3  daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

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[2:3]  1 tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”

[2:3]  2 tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”

[2:4]  3 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.



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