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
[2:3]1tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”
[2:3]2tnHeb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”