Bamidbar 26:19

19 The Bnei Yehudah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in Eretz Kena’an.

Bamidbar 26:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 19-22. And the sons of Judah were Er and Onan
And besides these he had Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah, from whom families sprang, but none from the two first: for

Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan;
where they were born; and that because of their sins, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, see Ge 38:7-10
so that there were but three families sprang from Judah, the Shelanites, Pharzites, and Zarhites; only the family of the Pharzites was divided into two families, the Hesronites and the Hamulites, so called from two sons of Pharez; the number of these families amounted to 76,500, so that there was an increase of 1900 since the last muster, which answers to Jacob's blessing, that he should be a praise among his brethren, ( Genesis 49:8 ) .

Bamidbar 26:19 In-Context

17 Of Arod, the Mishpakhat HaArodi; of Areli, the Mishpakhat HaAreli.
18 These are the Mishpekhot Bnei Gad according to those that were numbered of them, 40,500.
19 The Bnei Yehudah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in Eretz Kena’an.
20 And the Bnei Yehudah after their Mishpekhot were: of Shelah, the Mishpakhat HaShelani; of Pharetz, the Mishpakhat HaPharetzi; of Zerach, the Mishpakhat HaZarechi.
21 And the Bnei Pharetz were: of Chetzron, the Mishpakhat HaChetzeroni; of Chamul, the Mishpakhat HeChamuli.
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