Genesis 38:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her; raise up offspring for your brother.”

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Juda, therefore add to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother.

Genesis 38:8 Cross References

Genesis 19:31

And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the world.

Leviticus 18:16

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.

Ruth 1:11

But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters. Why will you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?