And she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Er.
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Genesis 38:3
Genesis 38:3
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Genesis 38 — OverviewGenesis 38 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter gives us an account of Judah and his family, and such an
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should spring out of Judah, Heb. vii. 14. If we were to form a…Genesis 38 — OverviewGenesis 38 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 38:1, Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah; Genesis 38:6, Er’s marriage with Tamar, and death; Genesis 38:8, The trespass of Onan; Genesis 38:11, Tamar is reserved for Shelah; Genesis 38:12, Judah’s wife dies;…Genesis 38 — OverviewGenesis 38 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter is wholly taken up with matters relating to Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, from whom the Jews have their name, and from whom Christ sprung: it treats of his marriage with a Canaanitess, his children by…Genesis 38:1-11Genesis 38:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, 1. Judah's foolish friendship with a Canaanite-man. He went
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his father's family, and got to be intimately acquainted with one…Genesis 38:3Genesis 38:3 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeam 2266, bc 1738
Er: Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19