8Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and fulfil to her the brother-in-law's duty, and raise up seed to thy brother.


In Context

5 And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.

6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah slew him.

8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and fulfil to her the brother-in-law's duty, and raise up seed to thy brother.

9 But when Onan knew that the seed should not be his own, it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, in order to give no seed to his brother.

10 And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and he slew him also.

Genesis 38:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:8Then Judah said to Onan, "Lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:8Juda, therefore add to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:8Judah said to Onan, |Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:8And Judah saith to Onan, 'Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:8And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother.