Génesis 38:7

7 Pero Er era un hombre perverso 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 Además, dio a luz un tercer hijo y lo llamó Sela. Cuando nació Sela, ellos vivían en Quezib.

6 Con el transcurso del tiempo, Judá arregló que Er, su hijo mayor, se casara con una joven llamada Tamar.

7 Pero Er era un hombre perverso ante los ojos del Señor
, y el Señor
le quitó la vida.

8 Entonces Judá dijo a Onán, hermano de Er: «Cásate con Tamar, como nuestra ley exige al hermano de un hombre que haya muerto. Tú debes darle un heredero a tu hermano».

9 Pero Onán no estaba dispuesto a tener un hijo que no fuera su propio heredero. Por eso, cada vez que tenía relaciones sexuales con la mujer de su hermano, derramaba el semen en el suelo. Esto evitaba que ella tuviera un hijo de su hermano.