Genesis 38:4

4 rursum concepto fetu natum filium nominavit Onam

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.

Genesis 38:4 In-Context

2 viditque ibi filiam hominis chananei vocabulo Suae et uxore accepta ingressus est ad eam

3 quae concepit et peperit filium vocavitque nomen eius Her

4 rursum concepto fetu natum filium nominavit Onam

5 tertium quoque peperit quem appellavit Sela quo nato parere ultra cessavit

6 dedit autem Iudas uxorem primogenito suo Her nomine Thamar