Genesis 38:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3 : 3 Judah’s Descendants The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the LORD, so the LORD killed him.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 Judah The descendants 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 sight of the LORD.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 (Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)
  • Gen 19:13 : 13 because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the LORD that he has sent us to destroy it.”
  • 2 Chr 33:6 : 6 He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD and angered him.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

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  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3Judah’s Descendants The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the LORD, so the LORD killed him.

    4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

  • Gen 38:6
    84%

    6Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

  • Gen 38:8-11
    4 verses
    83%

    8Then Judah said to Onan,“Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.”

    9But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he wasted his emission on the ground so as not to give his brother a descendant.

    10What he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him too.

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar,“Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought,“I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

  • Gen 38:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1Judah and Tamar At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and slept with her.

    3She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

    4She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

  • Num 26:19
    77%

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

  • Gen 38:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23Judah said,“Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

    24After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”

  • Gen 46:12
    71%

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

  • Num 31:17
    68%

    17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man in bed.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    67%

    7God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

  • Mal 2:11
    67%

    11Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the LORD loves and has turned to 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 was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

    3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah(by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26Judah recognized them and said,“She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He was not physically intimate with her again.

    27When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    66%

    2Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

  • Ezek 18:18
    66%

    18As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

  • Exod 1:2
    66%

    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

  • Gen 4:8
    66%

    8Cain 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%

    22Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.

  • 2 Sam 6:7
    66%

    7The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.

  • Judg 1:17
    66%

    17The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah.