Onan

From Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)

Onan:

By: Emil G. Hirsch , Schulim Ochser

A son of Judah; he refused to enter into a levirate marriage with his sister-in-law after the death of his elder brother Er, and it was for this reason that the Lord "slew him also" (Gen. xxxviii. 7-10).

E. G. H. S. O.

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