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7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

Genesis 38:7

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-11)

Here is, 1. Judah’s foolish friendship with a Canaanite-man. He went down from his brethren, and withdrew for a time from their society and his father’s family, and got to be intimately acquainted with one Hirah, an Adullamite, Gen. 38:1. It is computed that he was now not much above fifteen or sixteen years of age, an easy prey to the tempter. Note, When young people that have been well educated ...

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