Genesis 38:3
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
BSB
ASV
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
KJV
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
And she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Er. Which signifies a "watchman": but the reason of the name given by the Targum of Jonathan is,"because he should die without children;''as if it was the same with Ariri, "childless".
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Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
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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.
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.
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
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Genesis 46:12The 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.
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But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
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.
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
