Genesis 38:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.

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  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.

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  • Gen 38:2-3
    2 verses
    86%

    2And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.

    3And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.

  • Gen 38:5-11
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    84%

    5Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

    6And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

    7Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

    8Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

    9But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

    10And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

    11Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

  • Gen 29:33-35
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    33Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.

    34And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.

    35And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.

    4And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • Num 26:19
    72%

    19The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 38:26-27
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    26Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

    27And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

  • Hos 1:8
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    8Now when Lo-ruhamah had been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son.

  • Gen 30:23-24
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    23And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

    24And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.

  • Gen 30:19
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    19And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

  • 2 Kgs 4:17
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    17Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.

  • Gen 46:12
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    12And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • 1 Chr 7:23
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    23After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.

  • Gen 30:5
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    5And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.

  • Gen 30:7
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    7And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

  • Gen 19:38
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    38And the younger had a son and gave him the name Ben-ammi: from him come the children of Ammon to this day.

  • Gen 4:1-2
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    1And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.

    2Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.

  • 1 Chr 2:26
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    26And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah: she was the mother of Onam.

  • Gen 30:17
    68%

    17And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

  • Gen 38:18
    67%

    18And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

  • Gen 25:2
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    2She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.

  • Gen 4:25
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    25And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.

  • 1 Chr 1:40-41
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    40The sons of Shobal: Alian and Manahath and Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

    41The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

  • Gen 38:24
    66%

    24Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

  • Isa 8:3
    66%

    3And I went in to my wife, and she became with child, and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, Give him the name Maher-shalal-hash-baz,