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Genesis 38:7 KJV
Genesis · chapter 38 · verse 7
And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.Genesis 38:7 · King James Version
Genesis 38:7 in context
5And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- firstbornbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
- Judah'sYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- wickedraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- sightʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- ErʻÊrEr, the name of two IsraelitesH6147 →
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Here is, 1. Judah's foolish friendship with a Canaanite-man. He went down from his brethren, and withdrew for a time from their society and his father's family, and got to be intimately acquainted with one Hirah, an Adullamite, Gen 38:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11