Commentaries:Adam Clarke
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Genesis 38:7
Er - was wicked in the sight of the Lord - What this wickedness consisted in we are not told; but the phrase sight of the Lord being added, proves that it was some very great evil. It is worthy of remark that the Hebrew word used to express Er' s wickedness is his own name, the letters reversed. Er wicked, ra . As if the inspired writer had said, "Er was altogether wicked, a completely abandoned character."
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