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Onan [a] was a figure detailed in the Book of Genesis chapter 38, [1] as the second son of Judah who married the daughter of Shuah the Canaanite. Onan had an older brother Er and a younger brother, Shelah as well.
In Genesis chapter 38, Tamar is first described as marrying Judah's eldest son, Er. Because of his wickedness, Er was killed by God. [2] By way of a levirate union, [3] Judah asked his second son, Onan, to provide offspring for Tamar so that the family line might continue. This could have substantial economic repercussions, with any son born ...
This article discusses close relatives of Judah. Er is also a name listed by the Gospel of Luke's version of the genealogy of Jesus. In the biblical Book of Genesis, Er (Hebrew: עֵר, Modern: Er, Tiberian: ʻĒr "watcher"; [1] Greek: Ἤρ) was the eldest son of Judah and his Canaanite wife, the daughter of Shuah. He is described as marrying ...
Judah, from the series Jacob and His Twelve Sons c. 1640 – c. 1645 by Francisco de Zurbarán. The text of the Torah argues that the name of Judah, meaning to thank or admit, refers to Leah's intent to thank Hashem, on account of having achieved four children, and derived from odeh, meaning I will give thanks.
So Judah told her to wait until Shelah had grown up. [7] When Shelah came of age, Judah neglected to marry him to Tamar. [8] In the Book of Chronicles, Shelah is identified as the name of a clan, containing a subclan named Er. According 1 Chronicles 4:21–23, the sons of Shelah were: Er, the father of Lecah; Laadah, the father of Mareshah.
Depiction of the birth of Perets (being washed in the bottom left of the picture). Perez, also written as Pharez/Peretz (Hebrew: פֶּרֶץ / פָּרֶץ, Modern Pereṣ / Pareṣ Tiberian Péreṣ / Pāreṣ), was the son of Tamar and Judah, and the twin of Zerah, according to the Book of Genesis.
Hannah says the seed for the Sons of the San Joaquin was planted during his father’s 85th birthday party. “My dad [Lonnie] was a legend in Missouri, a tremendous athlete,” he says. “He was ...
The name Eber for his son is the original eponym of the Hebrew people, from the root ‘abar (עבר), "to cross over". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Gospel of Luke and Book of Jubilees both agree with the Septuagint in making Selah the son of Cainan, adding the information that his mother was Milcah (the daughter of Madai ), while his wife is named as ...