Genesis 38:3
New International Version
she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.

New Living Translation
she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and he named the boy Er.

English Standard Version
and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.

Berean Standard Bible
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

King James Bible
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

New King James Version
So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.

New American Standard Bible
And she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

NASB 1995
So she conceived and bore a son and he named him Er.

NASB 1977
So she conceived and bore a son and he named him Er.

Legacy Standard Bible
So she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er.

Amplified Bible
So she conceived and gave birth to a son and Judah named him Er.

Christian Standard Bible
She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

American Standard Version
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And she conceived and she bore to him a son, and he called his name Eyr.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name, Er.

Contemporary English Version
and they had three sons. He named the first one Er;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Her.

English Revised Version
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Er.

Good News Translation
and she bore him a son, whom he named Er.

International Standard Version
and she conceived, bore a son, and named him Er.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er.

Literal Standard Version
And she conceives, and bears a son, and he calls his name Er;

Majority Standard Bible
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

New American Bible
She conceived and bore a son, whom she named Er.

NET Bible
She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

New Revised Standard Version
She conceived and bore a son; and he named him Er.

New Heart English Bible
She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

Webster's Bible Translation
And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er.

World English Bible
She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

Young's Literal Translation
And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;

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Context
Judah and Tamar
2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her. 3So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er. 4Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.…

Cross References
Genesis 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.

Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.


Treasury of Scripture

And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er.

A.

Genesis 46:12
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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Genesis 38
1. Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah.
6. Er's marriage with Tamar, and death.
8. The trespass of Onan.
11. Tamar is reserved for Shelah.
12. Judah's wife dies.
13. Tamar deceives Judah.
27. She bears twins, Pharez and Zarah.














Verse 3. - And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er - "Watcher" (Gesanius). What is commonly regarded as an idiosyncrasy of the Elohist, viz., the naming of a child by its father, here occurs in a so-called Jehovistic section.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So she conceived
וַתַּ֖הַר (wat·ta·har)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2029: To conceive, become pregnant

and gave birth to
וַתֵּ֣לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

a son,
בֵּ֑ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

and [Judah] named
וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

him Er.
עֵֽר׃ (‘êr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6147: Er -- two men of Judah


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