Bible verse

Genesis 38:3

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

Genesis 38:3 · BSB

Genesis 38:3 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 38.

1 About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

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

4 Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5 Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

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 38:3 in other translations

KJV

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

ASV

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

ERV

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

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