Verse 7
Genesis 38:7
Bible in Basic English
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Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֗י עֵ֚ר בְּכ֣וֹר יְהוּדָ֔ה רַ֖ע בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יְמִתֵ֖/הוּ יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And it was that the firstborn of Judah was evil in the eyes of the Lord, and the Lord killed him.
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Chapter 38 Context
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Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named...
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And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
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And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
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And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
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Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took pl...
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And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
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Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
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Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brothe...
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But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his see...
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And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
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Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a...
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And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her lo...
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And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
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She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim...
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When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
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And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that s...
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And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a s...
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And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. S...
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Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
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Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a...
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And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by t...
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So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is...
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And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but yo...
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Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acti...
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And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose propert...
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Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not gi...
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And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
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And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was wi...
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But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What...
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And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
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