Genesis 38:9
“And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Genesis 38:9 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Da aber Onan wußte, daß der Same nicht sein eigen sein sollte, so geschah es, wenn er zu dem Weibe seines Bruders einging, daß er ihn verderbte zur Erde, um seinem Bruder keinen Samen zu geben.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y sabiendo Onán que la simiente no había de ser suya, sucedía que cuando entraba á la mujer de su hermano vertía en tierra, por no dar simiente á su hermano.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E sabendo Onã que a descendência não havia de ser sua, sucedia que quando se deitava com mulher de seu irmão derramava em terra, para não dar descendência a seu irmão.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Onã sabia que a criança não seria dele. Sempre que se deitava com a esposa do seu irmão, derramava o sêmen no chão para que não desse um filho para seu irmão.
📖 Genesis 38:9 in Context
7And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.
11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
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