Start Personen Er (Son of Shelah, son of Judah, father of Leka) Er was a son of Shelah, who was the third son of the patriarch Judah. Er is mentioned in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles as the father of Leka. He is known as part of the tribal history of the tribe of Judah and belonged to the linen workers' clan in Beth-ashbea.
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Schlüsselereignisse Er is listed as a son of Shelah, son of Judah, in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles. He is mentioned as the father of Leka and linked to the clan of linen workers.
21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the linen workers' guild at Beth-ashbea; hebr בְּנֵי֙ שֵׁלָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֵ֚ר אֲבִ֣י לֵכָ֔ה וְלַעְדָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י מָרֵשָׁ֑ה וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃
The sons of Shelah, including Er, are associated with specific artisan clans and cities in Judah. They worked with linen and pottery.
21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the linen workers' guild at Beth-ashbea; hebr בְּנֵי֙ שֵׁלָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֵ֚ר אֲבִ֣י לֵכָ֔ה וְלַעְדָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י מָרֵשָׁ֑ה וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃
22 also Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. These are ancient records. hebr וְיוֹקִ֞ים וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י כֹזֵבָ֗א וְיוֹאָ֧שׁ וְשָׂרָ֛ף אֲשֶׁר־בָּעֲל֥וּ לְמוֹאָ֖ב וְיָשֻׁ֣בִי לָ֑חֶם וְהַדְּבָרִ֖ים עַתִּיקִֽים׃
23 They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they lived there in the king's service. hebr הֵ֚מָּה הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י נְטָעִ֖ים וּגְדֵרָ֑ה עִם־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ בִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ יָ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃ ס
Shelah, Er's father, was born as the third son of Judah and his Canaanite wife, the daughter of Shua. Shelah's lineage became important within the tribe of Judah.
5 Then she bore still another son and named him Shelah. Judah was at Chezib when she gave birth to him. hebr וַתֹּ֤סֶף עוֹד֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵׁלָ֑ה וְהָיָ֥ה בִכְזִ֖יב בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ אֹתֽוֹ׃
Judah's complex family history, which includes his three sons with the Canaanite woman, forms the background for Er's lineage through Shelah.
1 About that time Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man from Adullam named Hirah. hebr וַֽיְהִי֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא וַיֵּ֥רֶד יְהוּדָ֖ה מֵאֵ֣ת אֶחָ֑יו וַיֵּ֛ט עַד־אִ֥ישׁ עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י וּשְׁמ֥וֹ חִירָֽה׃
2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua. He took her and slept with her, hebr וַיַּרְא־שָׁ֧ם יְהוּדָ֛ה בַּת־אִ֥ישׁ כְּנַעֲנִ֖י וּשְׁמ֣וֹ שׁ֑וּעַ וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶֽיהָ׃
3 and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er. hebr וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵֽר׃
4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she named him Onan. hebr וַתַּ֥הַר ע֖וֹד וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אוֹנָֽן׃
5 Then she bore still another son and named him Shelah. Judah was at Chezib when she gave birth to him. hebr וַתֹּ֤סֶף עוֹד֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵׁלָ֑ה וְהָיָ֥ה בִכְזִ֖יב בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ אֹתֽוֹ׃