Genesis 38:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Now Er the first borne of Iudah was wicked in the sight of the Lord: therefore the Lord slewe him.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3 : 3 The sonnes of Iudah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were borne to him of ye daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest sonne of Iudah was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and he slew him.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 Also the sonnes of Iudah: Er, & Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: (but Er and Onan died in ye land of Canaan) And the sonnes of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 The sonnes of Iudah, Er and Onan: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 6:8 : 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and exceeding sinners against the Lord.
  • Gen 19:13 : 13 For we will destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the Lorde, and the Lord hath sent vs to destroy it.
  • 2 Chr 33:6 : 6 And 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.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3 The sonnes of Iudah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were borne to him of ye daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest sonne of Iudah was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and he slew him.

    4 And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah: so al the sonnes of Iudah were fiue.

  • Gen 38:6
    84%

    6 Then Iudah tooke a wife to Er his first borne sonne whose name was Tamar.

  • Gen 38:8-11
    4 verses
    83%

    8 Then Iudah said to Onan, Goe in vnto thy brothers wife, and do the office of a kinsman vnto her, and raise vp seede vnto thy brother.

    9 And Onan knewe that the seede should not be his: therefore when he went in vnto his brothers wife, he spilled it on the grounde, least he should giue seede vnto his brother.

    10 And it was wicked in the eyes of the Lord, which he did: wherefore he slewe him also.

    11 Then said Iudah to Tamar his daughter in lawe, Remaine a widowe in thy fathers house, till Shelah my sonne growe vp (for he thought thus, Least he die as well as his brethren.) So Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers house.

  • Gen 38:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1 And at that time Iudah went downe from his brethren, and turned in to a man called Hirah an Adullamite.

    2 And Iudah sawe there the daughter of a man called Suah a Canaanite: and he tooke her to wife, and went in vnto her.

    3 So she conceiued and bare a sonne, and he called his name Er.

    4 And she conceiued againe, & bare a sonne, and she called his name Onan.

  • Num 26:19
    77%

    19 The sonnes of Iudah, Er and Onan: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 38:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23 Then Iudah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: beholde, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

    24 Now after three moneths, one tolde Iudah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the whore, and lo, with playing the whore, she is great with childe. Then Iudah saide, Bring ye her foorth and let her be burnt.

  • Gen 46:12
    71%

    12 Also the sonnes of Iudah: Er, & Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: (but Er and Onan died in ye land of Canaan) And the sonnes of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Num 31:17
    68%

    17 Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    67%

    7 And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israel.

  • Mal 2:11
    67%

    11 Iudah hath transgressed, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Ierusalem: for Iudah hath defiled the holinesse of the Lorde, which hee loued, and hath maried the daughter of a strange God.

  • Gen 38:15
    67%

    15 When Iudah sawe her, he iudged her an whore: for she had couered her face.

  • Matt 1:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

    2 Abraham begate Isaac. And Isaac begate Iacob; Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren.

    3 And Iudas begate Phares, and Zara of Thamar; Phares begate Esrom; Esrom begate Aram.

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26 Then Iudah knewe them, and said, She is more righteous then I: for she hath done it because I gaue her not to Shelah my sonne. So he lay with her no more.

    27 Now, when the time was come that she should be deliuered, beholde, there were twinnes in her wombe.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    66%

    2 For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)

  • Ezek 18:18
    66%

    18 His father, because he cruelly oppressed and spoyled his brother by violence, and hath not done good among his people, loe, euen he dyeth in his iniquitie.

  • Exod 1:2
    66%

    2 Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah,

  • Gen 4:8
    66%

    8 Then Kain spake to Habel his brother; when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22
    66%

    22 And Iudah wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde: and they prouoked him more with their sinnes, which they had committed, then all that which their fathers had done.

  • 2 Sam 6:7
    66%

    7 And the Lord was verie wroth with Vzzah, and God smote him in the same place for his fault, and there he dyed by the Arke of God.

  • Judg 1:17
    66%

    17 But Iudah went with Simeon his brother, and they slewe the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and vtterly destroied it, and called the name of the citie Hormah.