Genesis · Bereshit

Genesis 38:9

וַיֵּדַע אוֹנָן כִּי לֹּא לוֹ יִהְיֶה הַזָּרַע
King James Version (KJV)

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground.

Modern English

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

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