Genesis 38:9 - Tree of Life Version But Onan knew that the seed would not be his. So every time he went to his brother’s wife he would destroy it on the ground so as not to provide a seed for his brother. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Onan knew that the family would not be his, so when he cohabited with his brother's widow, he prevented conception, lest he should raise up a child for his brother. American Standard Version (1901) And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. Common English Bible Onan knew the children wouldn’t be his so when he slept with his brother’s wife, he wasted his semen on the ground, so he wouldn’t give his brother children. Catholic Public Domain Version He, knowing that the sons to be born would not be his, when he entered to the wife of his brother, he spilled his seed on the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name. |
Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
“If brothers dwell together and one of them dies and has no son, the dead man’s wife is not to be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother is to go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.
Now the firstborn that she bears is to carry on the name of his dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out of Israel.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil practice.
Or do you think that in vain the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which He made to dwell in us”?
Now Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters! Why should you go with me? Do I have more sons in my womb who could become your husbands?
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his town. You are witnesses today.”