And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
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Gill's Exposition
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his,.... Should not be called a son of his, but a son of his brother Er; this is to be understood only of the firstborn; all the rest of the children born…
- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ǎdûllâm, ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע shûa‛, Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.” 3. ער ‛êr, ‘Er, “watching.” 4. אונן 'ônân,…
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…
Cambridge Bible
perform The first instance of the "levirate" (Lat. lêvir, "brother-in-law") law which made it obligatory for a surviving brother to marry the widow of his brother, if the latter should die childless.…
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