Numbers 26:19
17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
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
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:3–8
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.
Read in contextGenesis 38:1–10
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
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