1 Chronicles 2:3

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Judah’s Descendants The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the LORD, so the LORD killed him.

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  • Gen 38:2-9 : 2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and slept with her. 3 She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er. 4 She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan. 5 Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib. 6 Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar. 7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him. 8 Then Judah said to Onan,“Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he wasted his emission on the ground so as not to give his brother a descendant. 10 What he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him too.
  • Gen 46:12 : 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 were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 Judah The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
  • 1 Chr 9:5 : 5 From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

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  • Gen 38:1-11
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    85%

    1Judah and Tamar At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and slept with her.

    3She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

    4She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

    5Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

    6Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

    7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him.

    8Then Judah said to Onan,“Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.”

    9But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he wasted his emission on the ground so as not to give his brother a descendant.

    10What he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him too.

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar,“Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought,“I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

  • Num 26:19-20
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    84%

    19Judah The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

    20And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

  • Gen 46:12
    82%

    12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • 1 Chr 2:4-5
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    80%

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

    5The sons of Perez:Hezron and Hamul.

  • Matt 1:2-3
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    2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

    3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah(by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

  • Exod 1:2
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    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

  • Luke 3:33
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    33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

  • 1 Chr 2:2
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    2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

  • Gen 38:24
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    24After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”

  • 1 Chr 4:21
    70%

    21The sons of Shelah son of Judah:Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea,

  • Gen 35:23
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    23The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Gen 38:26
    70%

    26Judah recognized them and said,“She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He was not physically intimate with her again.

  • 1 Chr 2:9
    70%

    9The sons born to Hezron:Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

  • 1 Chr 4:1
    70%

    1Judah’s Descendants The descendants of Judah:Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

  • Judg 1:10
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    10The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron.(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
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    2Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

  • 1 Chr 1:41
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    41The son of Anah:Dishon.The sons of Dishon:Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

  • 1 Chr 3:15
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    15The sons of Josiah:Johanan was the firstborn; Jehoiakim was born second; Zedekiah third; and Shallum fourth.