Génesis 38:7

7 Pero Er, primogénito de Judá, era malvado ante los ojos del SEÑOR, y el SEÑOR 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 Aún dio a luz a otro hijo, y le puso por nombre Sela; y fue en Quezib que lo dio a luz.

6 Entonces Judá tomó mujer para Er su primogénito, la cual se llamaba Tamar.

7 Pero Er, primogénito de Judá, era malvado ante los ojos del SEÑOR, y el SEÑOR le quitó la vida.

8 Entonces Judá dijo a Onán: Llégate a la mujer de tu hermano, y cumple con ella tu deber como cuñado, y levanta descendencia a tu hermano.

9 Y Onán sabía que la descendencia no sería suya; y acontecía que cuando se llegaba a la mujer de su hermano, derramaba su semen en tierra para no dar descendencia a su hermano.