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Genesis 38:7
And Her, the first born of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord: and was slain by him.
Genesis 38:7 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 38:7 in other translations
And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.
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In context
4 And conceiving again, she bore a son, and called him Onan.
5 She bore also a third: whom she called Sela. After whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.
6 And Juda took a wife for Her, his first born, whose name was Thamar.
7 And Her, the first born of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord: and was slain by him.
8 Juda, therefore, said to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother.
9 He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, he spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name.
10 And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing:
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