Genesis 38:9
But 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.
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- Deut 25:6 : 6 Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
- Ruth 1:11 : 11 But Naomi replied,“Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands!
- Ruth 4:10 : 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today.”
- Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
- Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
- Titus 3:3 : 3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
- Jas 3:14 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
- Jas 3:16 : 16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.
- Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
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- Gen 38:7-82 verses87%
7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him.
8 Then 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.”
- Gen 38:10-112 verses80%
10 What he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him too.
11 Then 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 38:3-42 verses76%
3 She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.
4 She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.
- Lev 20:20-212 verses73%
20 If a man goes to bed with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.
21 If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.
- Deut 25:5-73 verses72%
5 Respect for the Sanctity of Others If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man’s wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband’s brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.
6 Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
7 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say,“My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!”
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19 Judah The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- Gen 19:31-355 verses70%
31 Later the older daughter said to the younger,“Our father is old, and there is no man in the country to sleep with us, the way everyone does.
32 Come, let’s make our father drunk with wine so we can go to bed with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
33 So that night they made their father drunk with wine, and the older daughter came in and went to bed with her father. But he was not aware of when she lay down with him or when she got up.
34 So in the morning the older daughter said to the younger,“Since I went to bed with my father last night, let’s make him drunk again tonight. Then you go in and go to bed with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”
35 So they made their father drunk that night as well, and the younger one came and went to bed with him. But he was not aware of when she lay down with him or when she got up.
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16 You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.
- Gen 38:15-162 verses70%
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
16 He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”
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3 Judah’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.
- Mark 12:19-213 verses70%
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us:‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’
20 There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.
21 The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third.
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16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, he must bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until evening,
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9 then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond,“Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother’s family line!”
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25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.
- Gen 38:23-242 verses68%
23 Judah said,“Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”
24 After 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!”
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26 Judah 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.
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30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.
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13 and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–
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9 Illustrations of the Principle of Purity You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled.
- Luke 20:28-292 verses67%
28 They asked him,“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.
29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.
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14 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s brother; you must not approach his wife to have marital relations with her. She is your aunt.
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30 (23:1) A man may not marry his father’s former wife and in this way dishonor his father.
- Num 27:9-102 verses67%
9 and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;
10 and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers;
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7 Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying,‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”
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18 He 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.
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28 But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children.
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11 (though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,