“And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.”
But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD's sight; so the LORD put him to death. The brief report of Er's death — wicked in the LORD's sight — is without elaboration. The application: the wickedness that brings death is named without specification. What matters for the narrative is not the nature of the wickedness but its consequence: Tamar is a widow.
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