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Genesis 38:8

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Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”

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Genesis 38:8 in other translations

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Genesis 38:8 · American Standard Version

Genesis 38:8 in context

  1. 6Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
  2. 7Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him.
  3. 8Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
  4. 9Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
  5. 10The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.