Text: 1 Chronicles 2:3-17
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 38:1-7
Subject: Genealogies of Judah through family of David (B)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: The Chronicler's Judahite genealogy (1 Chr 2:3-17) draws from Genesis 38's narrative of Judah's sons Er, Onan, and Shelah by the Canaanite daughter of Shua (bat-Shua). The Chronicler preserves the notice that Er was "evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death" (ra' be-einei YHWH), reminding the audience that the royal line passed through moral failure and divine judgment. Despite this troubled origin, the line continues through Perez (born of Judah and Tamar) to reach David, demonstrating God's sovereign preservation of the messianic lineage through unlikely circumstances.
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Text: Genesis 38:1-7
OT Text Referred to: 1 Chronicles 2:1-17
Subject: Genealogies of Judah Through Family of David
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Genesis 38:1-7 narrates Judah's marriage to Bath-shua the Canaanite and the birth of Er, Onan, and Shelah, with God putting Er to death for wickedness. 1 Chronicles 2:3 compresses this same narrative into a single genealogical entry: "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." The Chronicler preserves the detail of Er's divine judgment, signaling that the Davidic line would not proceed through Judah's firstborn but through the unexpected union with Tamar (v. 4), producing Perez. This genealogical redirection from Er through Perez to David (1 Chr 2:5-15) demonstrates God's sovereign selection working through the broken and unlikely circumstances of Genesis 38.