Génesis 38:7

7 Pero al SEÑOR no le agradó la conducta del primogénito de Judá, y le quitó la vida.

Génesis 38:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:7

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 guilty of some very heinous sin, but what is not mentioned; according to the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi, it was the same with his brother Onan's, ( Genesis 38:9 ) , which it is suggested he committed, lest his wife should prove with child, and lose her beauty; but if it had been the same with his, it would have been expressed as well as his. An Arabic writer ^F16 says, that he cohabited with his wife not according to the course of nature, but in the "sodomitical" way: and the Lord slew him;
by his immediate hand, striking him dead at once, as Ananias and Sapphira were stricken, ( Acts 5:5 Acts 5:10 ) ; or by sending some distemper, which quickly carried him off, as a token of his displeasure at his sin.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 16.

Génesis 38:7 In-Context

5 Pasado el tiempo tuvo otro hijo, al que llamó Selá, el cual nació en Quezib.

6 Judá consiguió para Er, su hijo mayor, una esposa que se llamaba Tamar.

7 Pero al SEÑOR no le agradó la conducta del primogénito de Judá, y le quitó la vida.

8 Entonces Judá le dijo a Onán: «Cásate con la viuda de tu hermano y cumple con tu deber de cuñado; así le darás descendencia a tu hermano».

9 Pero Onán sabía que los hijos que nacieran no serían reconocidos como suyos. Por eso, cada vez que tenía relaciones con ella, derramaba el semen en el suelo, y así evitaba que su hermano tuviera descendencia.