1 Chronicles 2:1

1 Israel's (that is, Jacob's) sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

1 Chronicles 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1,2 These are the sons of Israel
Or Jacob, the other1 Chronicles 2:2

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 2:1).

1 Chronicles 2:1 In-Context

1 Israel's (that is, Jacob's) sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 Judah had Er, Onan, and Shelah; their mother was Bathshua the Canaanite. Er, Judah's firstborn, was so bad before God that God killed him.
4 Judah also had Perez and Zerah by his daughter-in-law Tamar - a total of five sons.
5 Perez had Hezron and Hamul;
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