Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
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And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.
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Passages linked to Genesis 38:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 21:21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 24:3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- Matthew 1:3 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er…
Gen 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.
Ver. 6. And Judah took a wife for Er.] When he was but fourteen years of age, as appears by the Chronicle, seven years after the selling of Joseph. And here it is well observed, {a} that though Judah took a wife without his father’s consent, yet he will not have Er to do so.
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{a} Musculus.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight…
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. An Arabic writer (p) says, that he cohabited with his wife not according to the course of nature, but in the "sodomitical" way:
and the Lord slew him; by his immediate hand, striking him dead at once, as Ananias and Sapphira were stricken, Act 5:5; or by sending some distemper, which quickly carried him off, as a token of his displeasure at his sin.
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(p) Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 16.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. Tamar] = “a date palm.” A female name,…
6. Tamar] = “a date palm.” A female name, occurring twice in the family of David (2Sa_13:1; 2Sa_14:27).
Judah, as head of the family, selects a wife for his firstborn, as in Gen_24:3, Gen_34:4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Judah took a wife (cf. Gen_21:21 Gen_24:4) for…
And Judah took a wife (cf. Gen_21:21 Gen_24:4) for Er his firstborn, the early marriage of his sons Judah seems to have intended to prevent in them a germinating corruption (Lange)whose name as Tamar tree" (Gesenius). Though the name was Shemitic, it does not follow that the person was. Cf. Melchisedeck and Abimelech. Yet she is not expressly called a Canaanite, though it is more than probable she was. Lange conjectures that she may have been of Philistine descent, and thinks the narrative intends to convey the impression that she was a woman of extraordinary character.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 This is the name of one of Judah's sons.…
Er
This is the name of one of Judah's sons. See how you translated this name in Genesis 38:3. (See: How to Translate Names)
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was wicked in the sight of Yahweh
The phrase "in the sight" refers to Yahweh seeing Er's wickedness. AT: "was wicked and Yahweh saw it" (See: Idiom)
Yahweh killed him
Yahweh killed him because he was wicked. This can be made clear. AT: "So Yahweh killed him" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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