Genesis 38:7
And Er, bechor Yehudah, was rah in the eyes of Hashem; and Hashem slaughtered him.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
In Context
6And Yehudah took a wife for Er his bechor, whose shem was Tamar.
Cross References
Genesis 6:8But Noach found chen (grace, unmerited favor) in the eyes of Hashem. 1 [NOACH]
Genesis 19:13For we are the mashchitim (ones destroying) this makom (place), because the cry of them is so gedolah before the face of Hashem; and Hashem hath sent us to destroy it.
Numbers 26:19The Bnei Yehudah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in Eretz Kena'an.
1 Kings 17:20And he cried out unto Hashem, and said, Hashem Elohai, hast thou even brought evil upon the almanah with whom I sojourn, by slaying her ben?
2 Chronicles 33:6And he caused his banot to pass through the eish in the Gey Ben Hinnom; also he practiced astrology, fortune-telling, and witchcraft, and necromancy and consulted mediums and spiritists; he wrought rah in the eyes of Hashem, to provoke Him to anger.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:2-12
Judah's Profligacy. ( b. c. 1717.) 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at… Read the whole commentary →