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Genesis 46:12

in Genesis 46

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

KJV

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.

This verse in Genesis 46

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul - It is not likely that Pharez was more than ten years of age when he came into Egypt, and if so he could not have had children; therefore it is necessary to consider Hezron and Hamul as being born during the seventeen years that Jacob sojourned in Egypt, See Clarke on Gen 46:8 (note): and it appears necessary, for several reasons, to take these seventeen years into the account, as it is very probable that what is called the going down into Egypt includes the seventeen years which Jacob spent there.

This site's exposition

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah

Judah's line is the only one in the roll with deaths written into it, Er and Onan, who died in the land of Canaan. The line runs on through Perez and Zerah, the twins Tamar bore him in chapter 38, and Ruth ends by tracing David back to Perez. Perez broke through ahead of the scarlet thread.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the sons of Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of

    uveneiH11214930 times

  • יְהוּדָ֗הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • עֵ֧רEr

    ʾerH614710 times

  • וְאוֹנָ֛ןand Onan

    veonanH2098 times

  • וְשֵׁלָ֖הand Shelah

    veshelahH79568 times

  • וָפֶ֣רֶץand Perez

    vaferetzH655715 times

  • וָזָ֑רַחand Zerah

    vazarachH222621 times

  • וַיָּ֨מָתand he had died

    vaiyamotH4191839 times

  • עֵ֤רEr

    ʾerH614710 times

  • וְאוֹנָן֙and Onan

    veonanH2098 times

  • בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of

    beeretzH7762504 times

  • כְּנַ֔עַןCanaan

    kenaanH366794 times

  • וַיִּהְי֥וּand they were

    vaiyihyuH19613559 times

  • בְנֵי־[the] sons of

    venei-H11214930 times

  • פֶ֖רֶץPerez

    feretzH655715 times

  • חֶצְר֥וֹןHezron

    chetzronH2696

  • וְחָמֽוּל׃and Hamul

    vechamulH2538

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 38:7

    But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 2:3

      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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 26:19

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

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 5:2

    And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 2:6

      ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…

    • Micah 5:2

      But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…

  • Through

    Genesis 29:35

    And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 49:8–12

      Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

    • 1 Chronicles 5:2

      And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

    • Matthew 1:2

      Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 4:21

    The sons of Shelah son of Judah:

    it leads to

    • Genesis 38:5

      Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

About Genesis

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).