Topic
Er
9 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A son of Shelah
¶ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
- Luke 3:28Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. An ancestor of, Jesus
Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
- Genesis 38:3ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
- Genesis 38:6ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
- Genesis 38:7ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
- Genesis 46:12ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
¶ And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:19Smith · Nave 1. Son of Judah
¶ The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 38:3–7Smith
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. And Judah…
- 1 Chronicles 2:3Nave 1. Son of Judah
¶ The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- First-born of Judah. Er "was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him." (Genesis 38:3-7; Numbers 26:19)
- Descendant of Shelah the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:21)
- Son of Jose and father of Elmodam. (Luke 3:28)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
ar (`er, "watcher"; Er'):
(1) The eldest son of Judah, the son of Jacob, by Shua the Canaanite. Judah took for him a wife named Tamar. It is recorded that Er "was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh slew him" (Ge 38:3,6,7; 46:12).
(2) "Er the father of Lecah" is mentioned among "the sons of Shelah the son of Judah" (1Ch 4:21).
(3) An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy in the 7th generation before Zerubbabel (Lu 3:28).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.