Genesis 38:8

Easy To Read Version

Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan, “Go and sleep with your dead brother’s wife. [228] Become like a husband to her. If children are born, then they will belong to your brother Er.”

Cross References

Genesis 19:31

One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Everywhere on the earth, men and women marry {and have a family}. But our father is old and there are no men around here to give us children.

Leviticus 18:16

“You must not have sexual relations with [322] your brother’s wife. That would be like having sexual relations with your brother. [323]

Ruth 1:11

But Naomi said, “No, daughters, go back to your own homes. Why should you go with me? {I cannot help you.} I don’t have any more sons in me to be your husbands.