Genesis 38:7

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But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD put him to death.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3 : 3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua, the Canaanite. However, Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. However, Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 6:8 : 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and great sinners against the LORD.
  • Gen 19:13 : 13 because we are about to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."
  • 2 Chr 33:6 : 6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination, sought omens, practiced witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua, the Canaanite. However, Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.

    4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Perez and Zerah. The total number of Judah’s sons was five.

  • Gen 38:6
    84%

    6 Judah arranged a wife for Er, his firstborn son. Her name was Tamar.

  • Gen 38:8-11
    4 verses
    83%

    8 Then Judah said to Onan, 'Lie with your brother's widow, perform your duty as her brother-in-law, and produce offspring for your brother.'

    9 However, Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, so whenever he went in to his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to avoid producing offspring for his brother.

    10 What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight, so the LORD put him to death also.

    11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, 'Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up,' for he thought, 'He might die too, just like his brothers.' So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

  • Gen 38:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1 At that time, Judah left his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite man named Hirah.

    2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and had relations with her.

    3 She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

    4 She conceived again and gave birth to another son, and she named him Onan.

  • Num 26:19
    77%

    19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 38:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23 Judah said, 'Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I sent her this young goat, but you didn’t find her.'

    24 About three months later, Judah was told, 'Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant as a result.' Judah said, 'Bring her out and let her be burned!'

  • Gen 46:12
    71%

    12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. However, Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Num 31:17
    68%

    17 Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    67%

    7 This command was evil in the sight of God, so He struck Israel.

  • Mal 2:11
    67%

    11 Judah has been unfaithful, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

  • Gen 38:15
    67%

    15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

  • Matt 1:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

    2 Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

    3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar; Perez was the father of Hezron; Hezron was the father of Ram.

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26 Judah recognized them and said, 'She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.' And he did not have relations with her again.

    27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    66%

    2 Though Judah became strong among his brothers and a leader came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

  • Ezek 18:18
    66%

    18 But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.

  • Exod 1:2
    66%

    2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah.

  • Gen 4:8
    66%

    8 Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let’s go out to the field.' While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22
    66%

    22 Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed, they aroused His jealous anger more than their ancestors had done.

  • 2 Sam 6:7
    66%

    7 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence. He died there beside the ark of God.

  • Judg 1:17
    66%

    17 Judah went with his brother Simeon, and together they defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They destroyed the city completely, and they named it Hormah.

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