King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 38:7
“And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.”
Verse in context — Genesis 38
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And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
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And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.
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And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
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And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
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And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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