Genesis 38:8 - Plain English Version

⁸ Then Judah talked to his 2nd son Onan. Judah said, “Your brother Er is dead, and he didn’t have any kids. So now, you have to marry Er’s wife and sleep with her, so that she will have kids. That’s the rule in our culture. And after those kids grow up, they will get everything that belonged to Er. It will be like they are his kids.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Then Judah told Onan, Marry your brother's widow; live with her and raise offspring for your brother.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ Judah said to Onan, “Go to your brother’s wife, do your duty as her brother-in-law, and provide children for your brother.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Therefore, Judah said to his son Onan: "Enter to the wife of your brother, and associate with her, so that you may raise offspring to your brother."

Genesis 38:8 Referencias Cruzadas

Genesis 19:31

One day the oldest daughter said to her sister, “Our father is old, and we haven’t got any kids, and there are no men around here for us to marry.