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Onan

Time-period: ❸ Abraham-Mose (2000 – 1400 f.kr.)
Age: -
Father: Judah
Mother: Bath-shua
Siblings: Er, Shelah
Half-siblings: Shobal, Perez, Zerah
Relationships: Tamar (marriage)

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Onan H0209
אוֹנָן (Onan)
8 times in OT
Total    8 times

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Gen 38:4
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She became pregnant again and gave birth to a son, whom she named Onan [pronounced "Ohnan" and meaning "strong"].
Gen 38:8
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Then Judah said to Onan (Hebr.): "Go in to your brother's wife and perform your duty as her husband's brother and provide your brother with offspring (children; literally seed)."
Gen 38:9
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But Onan (Hebr. Ónan) knew that the seed (child) would not be his, so when he went in to his brother's wife, he spilled his seed on the ground, so that he would not give offspring to his brother.
Gen 46:12
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The sons of Judah:
Er and Onan [pronounced "Ohnan"] and Shelah and Perez and Zerah,
but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Num 26:19
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The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
1 Ch 2:3
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The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanite woman.
But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord. Therefore, he killed him.