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Genesis 38:4

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4 Und sie ward abermals schwanger und gebar einen Sohn, den hieß sie Onan.

Genesis 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.
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Genesis 38:4 In-Context

2 Und Juda sah daselbst eines Kanaaniter-Mannes Tochter, der hieß Sua, und nahm sie. Und da er zu ihr einging,
3 ward sie schwanger und gebar einen Sohn, den hieß er Ger.
4 Und sie ward abermals schwanger und gebar einen Sohn, den hieß sie Onan.
5 Sie gebar abermals einen Sohn, den hieß sie Sela; und er war zu Chesib, da sie ihn gebar.
6 Und Juda gab seinem ersten Sohn, Ger, ein Weib, die hieß Thamar.
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