What was Onans sin? - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange Onan's sin was entirely related to his refusal to perform his levirate duty Quickly about the other three: Coitus interruptus is not masturbation It is a (very unreliable) method of birth control Onan was attempting not to get Tamar pregnant because he did not want to provide an heir for his deceased older brother It was not "theft of Tamar's child " Rather, it was (once again) refusal to
genesis - What made Er evil in the sight of the Lord? - Biblical . . . What was Onan's sin? In a strictly nationalistic sense, Judah is the primary kingdom of the South, and Joseph the hero of the North (Ephraim is Joseph's son), it is interesting how bad of a light the south is shown in this story
The problem of the ages of Judahs sons and grandson According to the law of levirate, Onan then marries Tamar, but he also ends up dead, due to the practice of coitus interruptus, in order not to give descendants to his deceased brother Judah asks Tamar to wait until Shelah is old enough to marry, and then some time passes Moving forward, Shelah marries another woman, Judah deceives Tamar
Why did God punish Cain and Onan so differently? Thus Onan, by practicing birth control with Tamar, was a threat to the seed, that is the Promise, whereas Judah, by sleeping with a prostitute, was a friend of the Promise Thus one was put to death and the other was honored, even though by human standards of justice Judah's crime was worse than Onan's
Why did Tamar sleep with her father-in-law? (Genesis 38:13-18) The previous episode in the story was that Er's brother Onan was told to carry out the prescribed duty and refused to co-operate He deliberately "spilled his seed" to prevent conception, and for this he was punished by God
genesis - Who did Shelah (Judahs son) marry? - Biblical Hermeneutics . . . Because Numbers 26:20 mentions descendants of Shelah, Judah's son, so this makes me wonder if he did eventually marry Tamar, since usually a deceased man who was childless would have his brother marry his wife to carry on the family line, as Onan did after Er died
genealogy - What is the significance of the scarlet thread on Zerahs . . . The following two names, of the second and third child, were given by the unnamed wife of Yehudah The second child, 'Onan אוֹנָן, means "vigorous", but that man didn't use his vigour to obey God's commandment and raise an offspring to his dead brother Therefore the LORD put him to death too
Could there be a chronological discord in Genesis 37, 38 39? In Genesis 37 we meet Joseph when he is 17years old,then in Genesis 38 we meet Judah who marries Shua then has sons Er, Onan Shelah,Er marries Tamar then dies eventually Judah inpregnants Tamar, in Genesis 39 judah meets Joseph after 22 years
hermeneutical approaches - What is Sensus Plenior and how does it . . . Onan was mistakenly called 'vigorous' We say it was a mistake because he was named by his mother and all the females of the Bible represent those who do not see clearly (for Eve was deceived) It was a mistake to call him vigorous because he too was dead as was Israel, God's son who was supposed to fulfill the Leverate law on behalf of Adam