Genesis 38:7
“And Er, Iudahs first borne was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD slew him.”
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Genesis 38:7 Context
5And she yet againe conceiued and bare a sonne, and called his name Shelah: and hee was at Chezib, when shee bare him. 6And Iudah tooke a wife for Er his first borne, whose name was Tamar. 7And Er, Iudahs first borne was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD slew him. 8And Iudah said vnto Onan, Goe in vnto thy brothers wife, and marrie her, and raise vp seed to thy brother. 9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to passe when hee went in vnto his brothers wife, that hee spilled it on the ground, least that hee should giue seed to his brother.
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And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
- King James Version
But Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, so the LORD took his life.
- New American Standard Version (1995)