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NASB | Genesis 46:12 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 46:12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah--but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. |
Bible Question: How would there have been enough time between Judah's marriage and Joseph's departure into Egypt to have sons and then to have Perez and for Perez to have two sons before their going down to eventually join Joseph in Egypt? |
Bible Answer: LGH, Here is what Gill has to say about it. I don't put him forward as any kind of a final authority but hopefully his answer will at least give you some imput. "and the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul; some think that these could not be born in Canaan, but in Egypt; and that they are mentioned among those that went down to Egypt, because they went there in the loins of their father, and to supply the places of Er and Onan, who died before, and have the honour to be here named, because they might be the first of Jacob's great grandchildren born there; though others suppose that Pharez was at this time fourteen years of age, and instances are given of some, who before that age have been fathers of children; the difficulty is not easily solved: the Targum of Jonathan expressly says,"Shelah and Zarah did not beget children in Canaan, but there were two sons of Pharez who went down into Egypt, Hezron and Hamul.'' In Christ, Beja |
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Holmes |