Chuàngshìjì 38:4

4 Tā yòu huáiyùn shēng le érzi , mǔqin gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Énán .

Chuàngshìjì 38:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:4

And she conceived again, and bare a son
As soon as she well could: and she called his name Onan;
the first son Judah gave the name to, but his wife named this, so called from grief or sorrow; the reason of it, according to the above Targum, was,

``because his father would mourn for him;''

he was a Benoni, see ( Genesis 35:18 ) , whose sin and immature death caused sorrow.

Chuàngshìjì 38:4 In-Context

2 Yóudà zaì nàli kànjian yī gè Jiānán rén míng jiào Shūyà de nǚér , jiù qǔ tā wéi qì , yǔ tā tóngfáng ,

3 Tā jiù huáiyùn shēng le érzi , Yóudà gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Ěr .

4 Tā yòu huáiyùn shēng le érzi , mǔqin gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Énán .

5 Tā fù yòu shēng le érzi , gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Shìlā . tā shēng Shìlā de shíhou , Yóudà zhèngzaì Jīxī .

6 Yóudà wèi zhǎngzǐ Ěr qǔ qì , míng jiào Tāmǎ .