And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.
And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also.
and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.
And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and he slew him also.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
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And the thing which he did displeased the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Wherefore he slew him also - The sin of Onan has generally been supposed to be self-pollution; but this is certainly a mistake; his crime was his refusal to raise up seed to his brother, and rather than do it, by the act mentioned above, he rendered himself incapable of it.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
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Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
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And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
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Numbers 11:1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed…
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and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed…
And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”
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And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
