Genesis 38:3

3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom she named Er.

Genesis 38:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:3

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".

Genesis 38:3 In-Context

1 At that time, Judah moved away from his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah.

2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her. After he slept with her,

3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom she named Er.

4 She became pregnant again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan.

5 Then she gave birth to one more son and named him Shelah. She was in Chezib when she gave birth to him.

Footnotes

• [a] Sam, Tg; MT he