Genesis 38:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Chr 2:3 : 3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and 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 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
  • Gen 19:13 : 13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
  • 2 Chr 33:6 : 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; also he observed times, used enchantments, used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit and with wizards; he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.

    4And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • Gen 38:6
    84%

    6Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

  • Gen 38:8-11
    4 verses
    83%

    8Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.

    9But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.

    10What he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD, so He put him to death also.

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Stay a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up; for he thought, Lest he also die like his brothers. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

  • Gen 38:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1At that time, Judah left his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; he took her and went in to her.

    3She conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er.

    4She conceived again and bore a son, and she named him Onan.

  • Num 26:19
    77%

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

  • Gen 38:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23Judah said, Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock; after all, I sent the young goat, and you did not find her.

    24About three months later, it was told Judah, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, she is pregnant by harlotry. Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.

  • Gen 46:12
    71%

    12And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Num 31:17
    68%

    17Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    67%

    7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.

  • Mal 2:11
    67%

    11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

  • Gen 38:15
    67%

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

  • Matt 1:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

    2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers;

    3And Judah begat Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Aram;

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he never knew her again.

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

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    66%

    2For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's.

  • Ezek 18:18
    66%

    18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.

  • Exod 1:2
    66%

    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

  • Gen 4:8
    66%

    8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22
    66%

    22And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

  • 2 Sam 6:7
    66%

    7And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and there he died by the ark of God.

  • Judg 1:17
    66%

    17And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they killed the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it; and the name of the city was called Hormah.