Er

Family: Israelites · Role: Judah's son · First appears: Judah And His Sons

Er was the first-born son of Judah, and was named “the childless” because he died without children. At Judah’s desire, Er married Tamar; he died on the third day after the wedding without having children.

Relationship record

Life events

• Er married Tamar and then died without having children.(Judah And His Sons)
  • With: Tamar
  • “At Judah's desire, Er married Tamar, a daughter of Aram, the son of Shem, but because she was not a Canaanitish woman, his mother used artifices against her, and he did not know her, and an angel of the Lord killed him on the third day after his wedding.”

Judah And His Sons

• parent: Judah “The first-born son of Judah from this marriage was named Er, ‘the childless,’ a suitable name for him that died without begetting any issue.”
• married with Tamar “At Judah's desire, Er married Tamar, a daughter of Aram, the son of Shem, but because she was not a Canaanitish woman, his mother used artifices against her, and he did not know her, and an angel of the Lord killed him on the third day after his wedding.”

Also listed in Israelites — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume II. Made with Rho MD.