Genesis 38:7 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 38:7

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

BSB

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ASV

And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him.

KJV

And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord,.... That is, exceedingly wicked, as this phrase signifies, Gen 13:13, was guilty of some very heinous sin, but what is not mentioned; according to the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi, it was the same with his brother Onan's, Gen 38:9, which it is suggested he committed, lest his wife should prove with child, and lose her beauty; but if it had been the same with his, it would have been expressed as well as his.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was so much the worse because the Messiah was to descend from Judah, and, had he not been guilty of this wickedness, he might have had the honour of being one of his ancestors. Note, Those sins that dishonour the body and defile it are very displeasing to God and evidences of vile affections.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 evil. It is worthy of remark that the Hebrew word used to express Er’s wickedness is his own name, the letters reversed. Er ער wicked, רע ra. As if the inspired writer had said, “Er was altogether wicked, a completely abandoned character.”

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and he was	H1961 →
עֵ֚ר	'er	Er	H6147 →
בְּכ֣וֹר	be.Khor	[the] firstborn of	H1060 →
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
רַ֖ע	ra'	evil	H7451 →
בְּעֵינֵ֣י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיְמִתֵ֖הוּ	vay.mi.Te.hu	and he put to death him	H4191 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
leads to
- Genesis 46:12
  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 19:13
because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
leads to
- Jude 1:7
  In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 18:20
  Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Matthew 13:49–50
  So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
- Revelation 16:1–12
  Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
- Acts 12:23
  Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Through
1 Chronicles 2:3
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.
leads to
- Genesis 38:2–10
  There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
Through
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:10
  Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

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Where the connections lead

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