Genesis 38:7

New American Bible - revised edition

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, greatly offended the Lord; so the Lord took his life.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the inhabitants of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Genesis 19:13

We are about to destroy this place, for the outcry reaching the Lord against those here is so great that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

Genesis 38:6

Judah got a wife named Tamar for his firstborn, Er.

Genesis 46:12

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah—but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found favor with the Lord.

1 Kings 17:20

He called out to the Lord: “Lord, my God, will you afflict even the widow with whom I am staying by killing her son?”

1 Chronicles 2:3

The sons of Judah were: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three Bathshua, a Canaanite woman, bore to him. But Judah’s firstborn, Er, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so he took his life.

2 Chronicles 33:6

It was he, too, who immolated his children by fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced soothsaying and divination, and reintroduced the consulting of ghosts and spirits. He did much evil in the Lord’s sight and provoked him to anger.

Psalm 55:23

Cast your care upon the Lord, who will give you support. He will never allow the righteous to stumble.

Numbers 26:19

After the plague The sons of Judah were Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

1 Samuel 2:25

If someone sins against another, anyone can intercede for the sinner with the Lord; but if anyone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for the sinner?” But they disregarded their father’s warning, since the Lord wanted them dead.