Er
Mentioned 1751–1451 BC traditional (Jones)
Son of Judah. Mentioned in 6 verses, first in Genesis 38:3.
Compiled from the tagged verses.
- Father
- Judah
- Mother
- Daughter of Shuah
- Partner
- Tamar
- Tagged in
- 6 verses
- The 25th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of Egypt and the Exodus, 1706–1451 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Judah, Onan, Shelah, Canaan, Daughter of Shuah, Hamul, Hezron, and Pharez.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Er, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
- location not graded: Canaan2
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1826–1376 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
6 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Er 10 |
| KJV | Er 11 |
| ASV | Er 11 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 6 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis4 verses
- 38:3
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
- 38:6
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
- 38:7
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
- 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.
Numbers1 verse
- 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles1 verse
- 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. So the LORD put him to death.