“And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.”
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah — but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Judah include the two who died and the three who live, including Perez through whom the messianic line runs. The application: the genealogy is honest about the dead as well as the living. Er and Onan are counted and named even though they did not make the journey.
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