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Gênesis 38:9

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9 Mas Onã sabia que a descendência não seria sua; assim, toda vez que possuía a mulher do seu irmão, derramava o sêmen no chão para evitar que seu irmão tivesse descendência.

Gênesis 38:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his
Should not be called a son of his, but a son of his brother Er; this is to be understood only of the firstborn; all the rest of the children born afterwards were reckoned the children of the real parent of them; this shows this was a custom in use in those times, and well known, and was not a peculiar case: and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife;
to cohabit with her, as man and wife, he having married her according to his father's direction: that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest he should give his seed to
his brother:
lest his brother's wife he had married should conceive by him, and bear a son that should be called his brother's, and inherit his estate; and this is the sin, which from him is called Onania, a sin condemned by the light of nature, as well as by the word of God, and very prejudicial to mankind, as well as displeasing to God, as follows:

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Gênesis 38:9 In-Context

7 Mas o SENHOR reprovou a conduta perversa de Er, filho mais velho de Judá, e por isso o matou.
8 Então Judá disse a Onã: “Case-se com a mulher do seu irmão, cumpra as suas obrigações de cunhado para com ela e dê uma descendência a seu irmão”.
9 Mas Onã sabia que a descendência não seria sua; assim, toda vez que possuía a mulher do seu irmão, derramava o sêmen no chão para evitar que seu irmão tivesse descendência.
10 O SENHOR reprovou o que ele fazia, e por isso o matou também.
11 Disse então Judá à sua nora Tamar: “More como viúva na casa de seu pai até que o meu filho Selá cresça”, porque temia que ele viesse a morrer, como os seus irmãos. Assim Tamar foi morar na casa do pai.

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