Genesis 38:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. ”

Genesis 38:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ ǎdûllâm , ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע shûa‛ , Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.” 3. ער ‛ êr , ‘Er, “wa...
Genesis 38:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38. Judah and Tamar. The source is J, but not the same stratum as that to which the Joseph story belongs. There is not room for the events either before or after the events of Genesis 37, n...
Genesis 38:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And the Lord slew him. We know that long life is reckoned among the gifts of God; and justly: for since it is by no means a despicable honor that we are created after the image of God, the...
Genesis 38:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. Er - was wicked in the sight of the Lord - What this wickedness consisted in we are not told; but the phrase sig...
Genesis 38:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Genesis 38:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The History of Judah The sins recorded in this chapter testify eloquently to the great need the world had of the Greatest of the descendants of Judah, who came to teach the virtue of purity and th...
Genesis 38:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The sad and tragic story of Judah's corruption recorded here needs very little comment. It carries its own lessons of the frailty of human nature and of the far-reaching effects of sin. However, pla...
Genesis 38:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ,.... That is, exceedingly wicked, as this phrase signifies, Genesis 13:13 , was guilty of some very heinous sin, but what is not men...
Genesis 38:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. Ver. 7. Wicked in the sight of the Lord. ] A Sodomite, say the Hebrews; but this is hard to say. a As an ev...
Genesis 38:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Er was wicked in the sight of the Lord That is, in defiance of God, and his law. And the Lord slew him Cut him off by an untimely death, before he had any children by Tamar. As long life among th...
Genesis 38:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The story of Joseph is interrupted in this chapter to expose the shamefulness of an important part of Judah's history. We have seen that Judah took the lead in selling Joseph as a slave. In fact, in...
Genesis 38:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judah's Profligacy. B. C. 1717. 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down...
Genesis 38:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wicked in the sight of the Lord, i.e. notoriously wicked. Compare Genesis 10:9 , Genesis 13:13 . The Lord slew him, in some extraordinary and remarkable manner, as Genesis 38:10 .
Genesis 38:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judah Falls Further Into Sin ( Genesis 38:1-30 ). The compiler's purpose in the insertion of this separate account of Judah's private life here is to demonstrate that Judah, having betrayed Joseph...
Genesis 38:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 38:1 . Turned in.] (Heb.) “And he pitched,” i.e., his tent. He came to dwell in the near neighbourhood of a man belonging to the small kingdom of Adullam ( Joshua 12:...
Genesis 38:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 38:1 . At that time. All the events of this chapter could not happen in the twenty-two years from the selling of Joseph, to Israel's going down into Egypt; but according to Eben Ezra, as q...
Genesis 38:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judah The character of Judah - I. FAITHLESSNESS TOWARDS GOD. 1. In his separation from his brethren ( Genesis 38:1 ). 2. In his marriage with an idolater ( Genesis 38:2 ). II. A STRONG...
Genesis 38:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 38:1 And it came to pass . The present chapter appears to interrupt the continuity of the narrative of Joseph's history. Partly on this account, and partly because the n...
Genesis 38:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The story of Judah, Shuah, and Tamar
Genesis 38:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Er. Genesis 46:12 Numbers 26:19 wicked. Genesis 6:8 Genesis 13:13 Genesis 19:13 2 Chronicles 33:6 and the. 1 Chronicles 2:3 Psalms 55:23
Genesis 38:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Er was wicked in the sight of the Lord — That is, in defiance of God and his law. And what came of it? Why God cut him off presently, The Lord slew him. The next brother Onan was, according to...

Genesis 38:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 38:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 38:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 38:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 38:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 38:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 38:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 38:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 38:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 38:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 38:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 38:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 38:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 38:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 38:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 38:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 38:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes