Numbers 26:19
17 the Arodite clan from Arod, and the Arelite clan from Areli.
18 These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
20 These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
21 And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
- KJV
- The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- WEB
- The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- ASV
- The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- DARBY
- The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- BLB
- The sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan, and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- ÅB
- Judas barn var Er og Onan; men Er og Onan døde i Kana'ans land.
- OTB
- Judas sønner var Er og Onan, men de døde i Kanaans land.
- B1930
- Judas barn var Er og Onan; men Er og Onan døde i Kana'ans land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 46:12
The 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.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:3–8
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.
Read in contextGenesis 38:1–10
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
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