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Genesis 38:6-8
International Children’s Bible
Genesis 38:6-8
International Children’s Bible
6 Judah chose a girl named Tamar to be the wife of his first son Er. 7 Er was Judah’s oldest son. But he did what the Lord said was evil. So the Lord killed him. 8 Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan, “Go and have physical relations with your dead brother’s wife.[a] It is your duty to provide children for your brother in this way.”
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- 38:8 Go . . . wife. It was a custom in Israel that if a man died without children, one of his brothers would marry the widow. If a child was born, it would be considered the dead man’s child.
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