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Onan

A man from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.4) only referred to as Onan (אוֹנָן); son of Judah and Bath-shua ; a brother of Er and Shelah; half-brother of: Perez and Zerah.

Named in 6 verses across 3 books of the Bible.

Every verse

1 Chronicles 2:3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

Genesis 38:4And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

Genesis 38:8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Genesis 38:9And 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.

Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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Onan — person in the Bible