OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 38:7

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Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.

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Verse 7. Wicked; without shame or remorse, sinning against nature, in order, if we may believe the Jews, that the beauty of his wife might not be impaired by having children. Onan was actuated by envy. Menochius.

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