Genesis 38:8

HCSB

Genesis 38:8

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Holman Bible

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and produce offspring for your brother.”

New American Standard Bible

Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”

King James Version

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

International Standard Version

So Judah instructed Onan, "You are to have sexual relations with your dead brother's wife, performing the duty of a brother-in-law with her, and have offspring for your brother."

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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.

Then Judah told Onan, “Go in to your brother’s widow, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law [under the levirate marriage custom]; [be her husband and] raise children for [the name of] your brother.”

Bible in Basic English

Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

Darby Translation

Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and fulfil to her the brother-in-law's duty, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Julia Smith Translation

And Judah will say to Onan, go in to thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

King James 2000

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up descendants to your brother.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to the wife of your brother and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."

Modern King James verseion

And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then said Judah unto Onan, go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, and stir up seed unto thy brother.

NET Bible

Then Judah said to Onan, "Have sexual relations with your brother's wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother."

New Heart English Bible

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 seed to your brother."

The Emphasized Bible

Then said Judah to Onan, Go in unto thy brothers wife, and fulfil the duty of a brother-in-law unto her, - and raise up seed, to thy brother.

Webster

And Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

World English Bible

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 seed to your brother."

Youngs Literal Translation

And Judah saith to Onan, 'Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'

Themes

Adultery » Instances of » Judah

Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages

Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)

Onan » Killed for his refusal to raise seed (offspring) for his deceased brother

Tamar » Wife of the sons of judah

Topics

Brothers

Loyalty

Marriage, Restrictions Concerning

Relationships And Dating

Wife

Spilling Your Seed On The Ground

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

And Judah

H3063

יהוּדה
Y@huwdah

Judah, Bethlehemjudah

Usage: 648

said

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

unto Onan

H209

אונן
'Ownan

Onan

Usage: 8

Go in

H935

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,

Usage: 0

unto thy brother's

H251

אח
'ach

brethren, brother, another, brotherly, kindred, like, another, other

Usage: 629

wife

H802

נשׁים אשּׁה
'ishshah

wife, woman, one, married, female,

Usage: 780

and marry

H2992

יבם
Yabam

perform the duty of an husband's brother, marry

Usage: 3

her, and raise up

H6965

קוּם
Quwm

up, arise, raise, establish, stand, perform, confirm, again, set, stablish, surely, continue, sure, abide, accomplish,

Usage: 629

seed

H2233

זרע
Zera`

seed, child, carnally , carnally, fruitful, seedtime, sowing time

Usage: 229

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 38:8

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 17727
Genesis Rank: 555
13 Topics
5 Themes
6 Cross References
1 Reading
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1 Phrase
2 Names
14 References

Context Readings

Judah And Tamar

⁷ Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord put him to death. ⁸ Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and produce offspring for your brother.” ⁹ But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he released his semen on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

Phrases

Sexual Relations

Names

Judah

Onan

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:5-10

“When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

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Genesis 38:8

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