Genesis 38:7
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.
World English 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
6Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
Cross References
Genesis 6:8But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
Genesis 19:13for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”
Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
1 Kings 17:20He cried to the LORD and said, “LORD my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?”
2 Chronicles 33:6He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in the LORD’s sight, 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 →