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Genesis 38:8
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6 Then Judah atook a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was bTamar.  
7 But aEr, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, band the Lord killed him.  
8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to ayour brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”  
9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be ahis; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.  
10 And the thing which he did1 displeased the Lord; therefore He killed ahim also.  
11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, a“Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt bin her father’s house.  
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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Genesis 38:8

Judah said unto Onan . . . marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother—The first instance of a custom, which was afterwards incorporated among the laws of Moses, that when a husband died leaving a widow, his brother next of age was to marry her, and the issue, if any, was to be served heir to the deceased (compare Deuteronomy 25:5).




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