Genesis 38:7
Now Er the first borne of Iudah was wicked in the sight of the Lord: therefore the Lord slewe him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
6Then Iudah tooke a wife to Er his first borne sonne whose name was Tamar.
Cross References
Genesis 6:8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 19:13For we will destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the Lord, and the Lord hath sent vs to destroy it.
Numbers 26:19The sonnes of Iudah, Er and Onan: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
1 Kings 17:20Then he called vnto the Lord, and sayde, O Lord my God, hast thou punished also this widowe, with whome I soiourne, by killing her sonne?
2 Chronicles 33:6And he caused his sonnes to passe through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom: he gaue him selfe to witchcraft and to charming and to sorcerie, and he vsed them that had familiar spirits, and soothsayers: hee did very much euill in the sight of the Lord to anger him.
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 →