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Onan (Hebrew: אונן, ʾOnan; "strong") (Abib 2267 AMApril 1736 BC
Iyar 2024 He
Abib 2267 AM—Tammuz 2281 AMJuly 1722 BC
Av 2038 He
Tammuz 2281 AM) was the second-born son of Judah by an unknown Canaanitish woman.

Genealogy

Jacob

Leah

Judah

Unknown

Er

Tamar

Onan

Shelah

Narrative

Onan's older brother Er had married Tamar, behaved wickedly, and died at the hand of God. So Judah ordered Onan to marry Tamar and engender a son, to satisfy the levirate obligation to her. Onan did not want to do this, so he practiced a form of contraception that involved withdrawing from the woman to prevent fertilization. For this God put him to death as well.^[1] (Genesis 38:8-10 )

Onan's wicked act was an act of fraud against his wife. But many have confused his act with simple self-gratification, about which the Bible actually says nothing.

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