Er
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Er [1]
âr ( ער , ‛ēr , "watcher"; Ἤρ , Ēr ):
(1) The eldest son of Judah, the son of Jacob, by Shua the Canaanite. Judah took for him a wife named Tamar. It is recorded that Er "was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh slew him" ( Genesis 38:3 , Genesis 38:6 , Genesis 38:7; Genesis 46:12 ).
(2) "Er the father of Lecah" is mentioned among "the sons of Shelah the son of Judah" ( 1 Chronicles 4:21 ).
(3) An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy in the 7th generation before Zerubbabel ( Luke 3:28 ).
