Genesis 38:4

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She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 46:12 : 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.
  • Num 26:19 : 19 Judah The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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  • Gen 38:2-3
    2 verses
    86%

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and slept with her.

    3She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

  • Gen 38:5-11
    7 verses
    84%

    5Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

    6Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

    7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him.

    8Then Judah said to Onan,“Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.”

    9But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he wasted his emission on the ground so as not to give his brother a descendant.

    10What he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him too.

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar,“Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought,“I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

  • Gen 29:33-35
    3 verses
    74%

    33She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Because the LORD heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.

    34She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.

    35She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“This time I will praise the LORD.”That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Judah’s Descendants The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the LORD, so the LORD killed him.

    4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

  • Num 26:19
    72%

    19Judah The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 38:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Judah recognized them and said,“She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He was not physically intimate with her again.

    27When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • Hos 1:8
    71%

    8When she had weaned‘No Pity’(Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son.

  • Gen 30:23-24
    2 verses
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    23She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”

    24She named him Joseph, saying,“May the LORD give me yet another son.”

  • Gen 30:19
    69%

    19Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

  • 2 Kgs 4:17
    69%

    17The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

  • Gen 46:12
    69%

    12The 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.

  • 1 Chr 7:23
    69%

    23He slept with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.

  • Gen 30:5
    69%

    5Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

  • Gen 30:7
    68%

    7Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.

  • Gen 19:38
    68%

    38The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.

  • Gen 4:1-2
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    1The Story of Cain and Abel Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said,“I have created a man just as the LORD did!”

    2Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

  • 1 Chr 2:26
    68%

    26Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam’s mother.

  • Gen 30:17
    68%

    17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

  • Gen 38:18
    67%

    18He said,“What pledge should I give you?” She replied,“Your seal, your cord, and the staff that’s in your hand.” So he gave them to her, then slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

  • Gen 25:2
    67%

    2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

  • Gen 4:25
    67%

    25And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying,“God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”

  • 1 Chr 1:40-41
    2 verses
    66%

    40The sons of Shobal:Alyan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.The sons of Zibeon:Aiah and Anah.

    41The son of Anah:Dishon.The sons of Dishon:Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

  • Gen 38:24
    66%

    24After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”

  • Isa 8:3
    66%

    3I then approached the prophetess for marital relations; she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD told me,“Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,