Genesis 38:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

But Er was very evil, and the Lord took his life.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:3

Judah and his Canaanite wife Bathshua had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord had Er put to death, because he disobeyed and did what the Lord hated.

Numbers 26:19

There were 76,500 men from the tribe of Judah; they were from the clans of Shelah, Perez, and Zerah, as well as Hezron and Hamul, whose ancestor was Perez. Judah's sons Er and Onan had died in Canaan.

Genesis 13:13

where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the Lord.

Psalm 55:23

But what about those people who are cruel and brutal? You will throw them down into the deepest pit long before their time. I trust you, Lord!

2 Chronicles 33:6

and even set up a stone image of a foreign god. Manasseh practiced magic and witchcraft; he asked fortunetellers for advice and sacrificed his own sons in Hinnom Valley. He did many other sinful things and made the Lord very angry. Years ago, God had told David and Solomon: Jerusalem is the place I prefer above all others in Israel. It belongs to me, and there in the temple I will be worshiped forever.

Genesis 6:8

But the Lord was pleased with Noah,

Genesis 38:6

Later, Judah chose Tamar as a wife for Er, his oldest son.

1 Samuel 2:25

If you harm another person, God can help make things right between the two of you. But if you commit a crime against the Lord, no one can help you!” But the Lord had already decided to kill them. So he kept them from listening to their father.

1 Kings 17:20

and prayed, “Lord God, why did you do such a terrible thing to this woman? She's letting me stay here, and now you've let her son die.”