Genesis 38:10

And it was displeasing, in the eyes of Yahweh what he had done,—so he put, him also, to death,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

In Context

9And Onan knew that the seed would not be his,—and so although he did go in unto his brother’s wife, yet made he waste upon the ground, so as not to give seed to his brother.

11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law—Remain a widow in the house of thy father until Shelah my son grow up. For he said, Lest, he also, die, like his brethren. So Tamar went her way, and remained in the house of her father.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:12And 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;

Numbers 22:34Then said Balaam unto the messenger of Yahweh—I have sinned, for I knew not, that, thou, wast stationed to meet me in the road,—Now, therefore, if it be displeasing in thine eyes, I must get me back again.

1 Samuel 2:25If one man sin against another, God will interpose, but, if, against Yahweh, a man sin, who will intercede, for him? But they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, for Yahweh was pleased to put them to death.

1 Kings 17:20Then cried he unto Yahweh, and said,—O Yahweh, my God! Even upon the widow with whom I am sojourning, hast thou brought misfortune by causing the death of her son?

1 Chronicles 21:7And it was displeasing in the eyes of God, concerning this thing,—therefore smote he Israel.

Proverbs 24:18Lest Yahweh see it, and it be wicked in his eyes, and he turn away from him his 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 →

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