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Er

Belongs to: Tribe of Judah

Father: Judah

Mother: Daughter of Shuah

Married to: Tamar

Siblings: Onan, Shelah

Several people in the Bible have this name. The verses below may mix them up.

Mentioned in 6 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Er is mentioned

  • 1 Chronicles 2:3

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

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  • Genesis 38:3

    So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

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  • Genesis 38:6–7

    6 Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

    7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

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  • Genesis 46:12

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

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  • Numbers 26:19

    The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

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