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Genesis 38:9 KJV
Genesis · chapter 38 · verse 9
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.Genesis 38:9 · King James Version
Genesis 38:9 in context
7And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brother'sʼâcha brother )H251 →
- spilledshâchathto decayH7843 →
- groundʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- OnanʼÔwnânOnan, a son of JudahH209 →
- knewyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- seedzeraʻseedH2233 →
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Here is, 1. Judah's foolish friendship with a Canaanite-man. He went down from his brethren, and withdrew for a time from their society and his father's family, and got to be intimately acquainted with one Hirah, an Adullamite, Gen 38:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11