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To: koinonia
Scott Hahn is not posting; so you can't really accuse him of ignorance of Scripture because of my posts :-)

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.

After reading the source article, I stand by my judgement.
NASB Gen 38:9 Onan knew that the offspring would not be his;
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
.

NASB Gen 38:10 But what he did was displeasing
in the sight of YHvH; so He took his life also.

It is clear that without Eisegesis, that there is nothing
in the text to suggest YHvH's condemnation of contraception.

Onan was required by YHvH's Commandments to
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"

1) second son of Judah, slain by God for not fulfilling
the levitical requirement to beget a child with
the wife of a dead, childless brother

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
72 posted on 10/08/2012 7:22:23 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
What he DID was displeasing in the sight of YHvH. That is not eisogesis, but literally what the text says.
73 posted on 10/09/2012 2:06:01 AM PDT by koinonia (Virgil Goode for President - I'm not getting paid to promote him :-))
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