ONAN

Passages on this topic · 7

• Genesis 38:4

  She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

• Genesis 38:8

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

• Genesis 38:9

  Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

• Genesis 38:10

  The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.

• Genesis 46:12

  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

• Numbers 26:19

  The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

• 1 Chronicles 2:3

  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; and he killed him.