Genesis 38:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Onan knoweth that the seed is not `reckoned' his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed `it' to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;

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  • Deut 25:6 : 6 and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.
  • Ruth 1:11 : 11 And Naomi saith, `Turn back, my daughters; why do ye go with me? are there yet to me sons in my bowels that they have been to you for husbands?
  • Ruth 4:10 : 10 and also Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, I have bought to myself for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance; and the name of the dead is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; witnesses ye `are' to-day.'
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Fury `is' fierce, and anger `is' overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
  • Jas 3:16 : 16 for where zeal and rivalry `are', there is insurrection and every evil matter;
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

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  • Gen 38:7-8
    2 verses
    87%

    7and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.

    8And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'

  • Gen 38:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.

    11And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, `Lest he die -- even he -- like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.

  • Gen 38:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;

    4and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20`And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die.

    21`And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it `is' impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;

    6and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.

    7`And if the man doth not delight to take his brother's wife, then hath his brother's wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband's brother;

  • Num 26:19
    72%

    19Sons of Judah `are' Er and Onan; and Er dieth -- Onan also -- in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 19:31-35
    5 verses
    70%

    31And the first-born saith unto the younger, `Our father `is' old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as `is' the way of all the earth;

    32come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.'

    33And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

    34And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, `Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father -- a seed.'

    35And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger riseth and lieth with him, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

  • Lev 18:16
    70%

    16`The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it `is' thy brother's nakedness.

  • Gen 38:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,

    16and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she `is' his daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

  • 1 Chr 2:3
    70%

    3Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death.

  • Mark 12:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    19`Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

    20`There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

    21and the second took her, and died, neither left he seed, and the third in like manner,

  • Lev 15:16
    70%

    16`And when a man's seed of copulation goeth out from him, then he hath bathed with water all his flesh, and been unclean till the evening.

  • Deut 25:9
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    9`Then hath his brother's wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother;

  • Matt 22:25
    69%

    25`And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

  • Gen 38:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23and Judah saith, `Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'

    24And it cometh to pass about three months `after', that it is declared to Judah, saying, `Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, `Bring her out -- and she is burnt.'

  • Gen 38:26
    68%

    26And Judah discerneth and saith, `She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;' and he hath not added to know her again.

  • Deut 28:30
    68%

    30`A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;

  • Num 5:13
    68%

    13and a man hath lain with her `with' the seed of copulation, and it hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught,

  • Deut 22:9
    67%

    9`Thou dost not sow thy vineyard `with' divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated.

  • Luke 20:28-29
    2 verses
    67%

    28saying, `Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless -- that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

    29`There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

  • Lev 18:14
    67%

    14`The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she `is' thine aunt.

  • Deut 22:30
    67%

    30`A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

  • Num 27:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9and if he have no daughter, then ye have given his inheritance to his brethren;

    10and if he have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his father's brethren;

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    67%

    7and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left -- so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.'

  • Gen 38:18
    66%

    18and he saith, `What `is' the pledge that I give to thee?' and she saith, `Thy seal, and thy ribbon, and thy staff which `is' in thy hand;' and he giveth to her, and goeth in unto her, and she conceiveth to him;

  • Num 5:28
    66%

    28`And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown `with' seed.

  • Ezek 18:11
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    11And he all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour he hath defiled,