King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 38:8
“And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.”
Verse in context — Genesis 38
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And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.
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And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
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And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
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And 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.
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And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
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