Genesis 38:4
in Genesis 38Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
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ASV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
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This verse in Genesis 38
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd she conceived again, and bare a son,.... As soon as she well could: and she called his name Onan; the first son Judah gave the name to, but his wife named this, so called from grief or sorrow; the reason of it, according to the above Targum, was,"because his father would mourn for him;''he was a Benoni, see Gen 35:18, whose sin and immature death caused sorrow.
This site's exposition
she conceived and gave birth to a son
on Genesis 38:3-5
Three sons arrive in three verses, Er, Onan and Shelah, and Judah names the first while their mother names the other two. Jerome reads Chezib as a word carrying the sense of deception, and Clarke ties the name to Achzib, a town that later fell to the tribe of Judah. Two of the three are dead within five verses.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתַּ֥הַר | vatahar | and she conceived | H2029 → | 43 times |
| ע֖וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| וַתֵּ֣לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| בֵּ֑ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַתִּקְרָ֥א | vatikra' | and she called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אוֹנָֽן׃ | ʾonan | Onan | H209 → | 8 times |
וַתַּ֥הַרand she conceived
vataharH2029 →43 times
ע֖וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
וַתֵּ֣לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
בֵּ֑ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
וַתִּקְרָ֥אand she called
vatikra'H7121 →733 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
אוֹנָֽן׃Onan
ʾonanH209 →8 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
it leads to
- Genesis 46:12
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.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3–8
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.
- Genesis 38:1–10
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
- Genesis 46:12
Through
Genesis 46:12The 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.
it leads to
- Genesis 38:7
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
- Genesis 29:35
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
- Genesis 38:10
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21
The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
- Psalms 78:68
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Genesis 38:7
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).