Genesis 38:10 “What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to dea…”

Genesis 38:10

What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

World English Bible

The thing which he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, and he killed him also.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And it was wicked in the eyes of the Lord, which he did: wherefore he slewe him also.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

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Cross references

“displeased”

Numbers 11:1 1 Chronicles 21:7 Proverbs 14:32 2 Samuel 11:27 Proverbs 24:18 Jeremiah 44:4

Numbers 11:1 · BSB

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

1 Chronicles 21:7 · BSB

This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.

Proverbs 14:32 · BSB

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

2 Samuel 11:27 · BSB

And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.

Proverbs 24:18 · BSB

or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

Jeremiah 44:4 · BSB

Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

“him also”

Genesis 46:12 Numbers 26:19

Genesis 46:12 · BSB

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

Numbers 26:19 · BSB

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

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