Verse 8
Genesis 38:8
Young's Literal Translation
8
And Judah saith to Onan, 'Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוּדָה֙ לְ/אוֹנָ֔ן בֹּ֛א אֶל אֵ֥שֶׁת אָחִ֖י/ךָ וְ/יַבֵּ֣ם אֹתָ֑/הּ וְ/הָקֵ֥ם זֶ֖רַע לְ/אָחִֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."
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Chapter 38 Context
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And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto...
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and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name [is] Shuah, and taketh her, and...
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And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;
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and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;
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and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her be...
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And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name [is] Tamar;
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and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.
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And Judah saith to Onan, 'Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to th...
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and Onan knoweth that the seed is not [reckoned] his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in u...
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and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.
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And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, 'Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my s...
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And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted,...
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And it is declared to Tamar, saying, 'Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his f...
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and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail,...
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And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,
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and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,'...
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and he saith, 'I -- I send a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she saith, 'Dost thou give a pled...
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and he saith, 'What [is] the pledge that I give to thee?' and she saith, 'Thy seal, and thy ribbon,...
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and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of h...
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And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pled...
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And he asketh the men of her place, saying, 'Where [is] the separated one -- she in Enayim, by the w...
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And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, 'I have not found her; and the men of the place also have...
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and Judah saith, 'Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou ha...
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And it cometh to pass about three months [after], that it is declared to Judah, saying, 'Tamar thy d...
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She is brought out, and she hath sent unto her husband's father, saying, 'To a man whose these [are]...
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And Judah discerneth and saith, 'She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give he...
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And it cometh to pass in the time of her bearing, that lo, twins [are] in her womb;
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and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that [one] giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and binde...
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And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith...
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and afterwards hath his brother come out, on whose hand [is] the scarlet thread, and he calleth his...
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