At any rate, Gen 38:10 says, "And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing." It does not say that he was slain for the sin of pride or disobedience, but because the act he performed (spilling the seed) was detestable.
I agree with you that what motivated him to do this was prideful disobedience, but he was killed by God for what he did.
At any rate, Gen 38:10 says, "And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing." It does not say that he was slain for the sin of pride or disobedience, but because the act he performed (spilling the seed) was detestable.
I agree with you that what motivated him to do this was prideful disobedience, but he was killed by God for what he did.
NASB Gen 38:10 But what he did was displeasing Onan was required by YHvH's Commandments to 1) second son of Judah, slain by God for not fulfilling After reading the source article, I stand by my judgement.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach NASB Gen 38:9 Onan knew that the offspring would not be his;
It is clear that without Eisegesis, that there is nothing
so when he went in to his brother's wife,
he wasted his seed on the ground in order
not to give offspring to his brother.
in the sight of YHvH; so He took his life also.
in the text to suggest YHvH's condemnation of contraception.
produce an heir for Tamar, which will be the
bloodline for Yah'shua, which he chose to deliberately
prevent and thus violate YHvH's Commandment for
Levitical marriage. Onan = "strong"
the levitical requirement to beget a child with
the wife of a dead, childless brother