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Genesis 38:7

Genesis does not tell us what wicked things Er did. But we can be sure that his deeds were very evil. God had not killed people since the time of Sodom and Gomorrah. (See Genesis 19:25.) And before that, God killed people by the flood. (See Genesis 7:21.) But God did not kill one man alone until he killed Er.

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See also Genesis 38:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 38:7. _ER-WAS WICKED IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD_] What this wickedness consisted in we are not told; but the phrase _sight of_ _the Lord_ being added, proves that it was some very great e...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - The Family of Judah 1. עדלם _‛__ǎdûllâm_, ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה _chı̂yrâh_ Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע _shûa‛_, Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.” 3. ער _‛__êr_, ‘Er, “watching.”...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 38 JUDAH AND TAMAR _ 1. Judah's marriage to the Canaanitish woman (Genesis 38:1)_ 2. His sons: Er, Onan and Shelah (Genesis 38:3) 3. Tamar married to Er and Onan (Genesis 38:6) 4. Tamar wa...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 38. JUDAH AND TAMAR. The source is J, but not the same stratum as that to which the Joseph story belongs. There is not room for the events either before or after the events of Genesis 37, nor...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART FORTY-FIVE THE INCIDENT OF JUDAH AND TAMAR (Genesis 38:1-30) _The Biblical Account._ 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adul...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND ER, JUDAH'S FIRSTBORN, WAS WICKED IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; AND THE LORD SLEW HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE HISTORY OF JUDAH The sins recorded in this chapter testify eloquently to the great need the world had of the Greatest of the descendants of Judah, who came to teach the virtue of purity and the sa...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֗י עֵ֚ר בְּכֹ֣ור יְהוּדָ֔ה רַ֖ע בְּ

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The sad and tragic story of Judah's corruption recorded here needs very little comment. It carries its own lessons of the frailty of human nature and of the far-reaching effects of sin. However, placi...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    JUDAH'S ADULTERY WITH TAMAR Perhaps out of disgust for his brothers' thoughts of killing Joseph and deceiving Jacob, Judah went to a city about twelve miles outside Bethlehem. He married a Canaanite w...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Wicked; without shame or remorse, sinning against nature, in order, if we may believe the Jews, that the beauty of his wife might not be impaired by having children. Onan was actuated by envy. (Menoc...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._And the Lord slew him_. We know that long life is reckoned among the gifts of God; and justly: for since it is by no means a despicable honor that we are created after the image of God, the longer...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41. What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND ER, JUDAH'S FIRSTBORN, WAS WICKED IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD,.... That is, exceedingly wicked, as this phrase signifies, Genesis 13:13, was guilty of some very heinous sin, but what is not mentione...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. Ver. 7. _Wicked in the sight of the Lord._] A Sodomite, say the Hebrews; but this is hard to say. _a_ As an evil...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Er was wicked in the sight of the Lord_ That is, in defiance of God, and his law. _And the Lord slew him_ Cut him off by an untimely death, before he had any children by Tamar. As long life among the...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iudah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Er marrieth Tamar. 8 The trespasse of Onan. 11 Tamar stayeth for Shelah. 13 She deceiueth Iudah. 27 She beareth twinnes, Pharez and Zarah. 1 AND it came...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE STORY OF JUDAH, SHUAH, AND TAMAR...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him. If Judah had intended to curb the wickedness of his oldest son by an early marriage, he was disappointed; Jehova...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SECOND SECTION _Judah’s temporary separation (probably in sadness on account of the deed). His sons. Thamar._ GENESIS 38:1-30 1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down, from his brethr...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The story of Joseph is interrupted in this chapter to expose the shamefulness of an important part of Judah's history. We have seen that Judah took the lead in selling Joseph as a slave. In fact, in e...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WICKED IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, i.e. notoriously wicked. Compare GENESIS 10:9, GENESIS 13:13. THE LORD SLEW HIM, in some extraordinary and remarkable manner, as GENESIS 38:10....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Presents one of those remarkable circumstances in which divine grace is seen gloriously triumphing over man's sin. "It is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda." (Hebrews 7:14) But how? "Judas bega...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 38:7 Er H6147 Judahs H3063 firstborn H1060 wicked H7451 sight H5869 LORD H3068 LORD H3068 killed H4191 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDAH FALLS FURTHER INTO SIN (GENESIS 38:1). The compiler's purpose in the insertion of this separate account of Judah's private life here is to demonstrate that Judah, having betrayed Joseph (and Jac...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Shame of Judah and his sons. CHARACTERS: Judah, Hirah, Er, Onen, Tamar. CONCLUSION: The sins which dishonor and defile the body are evidences of vile affection and are very displeasing to...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 38:1. _At that time._ All the events of this chapter could not happen in the twenty-two years from the selling of Joseph, to Israel's going down into Egypt; but according to Eben Ezra, as quot...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Judah_ THE CHARACTER OF JUDAH - I. FAITHLESSNESS TOWARDS GOD. 1. In his separation from his brethren (Genesis 38:1). 2. In his marriage with an idolater (Genesis 38:2). II. A STRONG SENSUAL NATUR...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 38:6 The nature of Er’s wickedness is unknown. No information on Tamar’s background is provided, although it is likely that she was a Canaanite. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 38:1 The shocking account of Judah’s relationship with Tamar, which interrupts the story of Joseph in Egypt, fulfills an important role in Genesis 1:1 by providing a record of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 38:1. Turned in.] _(Heb.)_ “And he pitched,” _i.e.,_ his tent. He came to dwell in the near neighbourhood of a man belonging to the small kingdom of Adullam (Joshua 12:15; Jo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 38:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS. The present chapter appears to interrupt the continuity of the narrative of Joseph's history. Partly on this account, and partly because the name Jehovah...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    For the correlating audio message go to Chapter 37 Now it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and he turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah s...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Er. Genesis 46:12 Numbers 26:19 wicked. Genesis 6:8 Genesis 13:13 Genesi

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And Er was wicked in the sight of the Lord — That is, in defiance of God and his law. And what came of it? Why God cut him off presently, The Lord slew him. The next brother Onan was, according to the...

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