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


In Context

5 and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

6 And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name is Tamar;

7 and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.

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

9 and Onan knoweth that the seed is not reckoned his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed it to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;

10 and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:8Then 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.

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 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.