Genesis 38:7

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ ǎdûllâm , ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע shûa‛ , Shua‘,...
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...
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 hon...
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 wickednes...
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 Ju...
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...
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 gu...
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...
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 h...
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 t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judah's Profligacy. B. C. 1717. 1 And...
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...
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...
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 belo...
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...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The story of Judah, Shuah, and Tamar
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him. If Judah had intended to curb the wickedness of his oldest so...
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:...
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...

⁷ And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 38:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 38:7