The firstborn said to the younger, *Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
Genesis 38:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yehudah said to Onan, *Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 Then Judah told Onan, Marry your brother's widow; live with her and raise offspring for your brother. American Standard Version (1901) 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 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 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 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. |
The firstborn said to the younger, *Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
*'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
Na`omi 1 said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?