Genesis 38:4 meaning and explanation

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

Genesis 38:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Genesis 38 interrupts the Joseph story to follow Judah, who has left his brothers and married a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. This verse records the birth of their second son, Onan, and notes that she, not Judah, named him.

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