Verse 19

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. However, Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • 1 Chr 2:3-8 : 3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua, the Canaanite. However, Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death. 4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Perez and Zerah. The total number of Judah’s sons was five. 5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all. 7 The son of Carmi was Achar (the troubler of Israel), who was unfaithful by violating the devoted things. 8 The son of Ethan was Azariah.
  • Gen 38:1-9 : 1 At that time, Judah left his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite man named Hirah. 2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and had relations with her. 3 She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er. 4 She conceived again and gave birth to another son, and she named him Onan. 5 She gave birth to yet another son and named him Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she gave birth to him. 6 Judah arranged a wife for Er, his firstborn son. Her name was Tamar. 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD put him to death. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, 'Lie with your brother's widow, perform your duty as her brother-in-law, and produce offspring for your brother.' 9 However, Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, so whenever he went in to his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to avoid producing offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight, so the LORD put him to death also.