Commentary on Genesis John Calvin
COMMENTARY ON GENESIS
4. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
4. Et concepit adhuc, et peperit filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Onan.
5. And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
5. Et addidit adhuc, et peperit filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Salah: erat autem in Chezib, quando hunc ipsa peperit.
6. And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
6. Et accepit Jehudah uxorem ipsi Her primogenito suo, et nomen ejus Thamar.
7. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
7. Verum erat Her primogenitus Jehudah malus in oculis Jehovae, ideo interemit eum Jehova.
8. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
8. Et dixit Jehudah ad Onan, Ingredere ad uxorem fratris tui, et affinitatem contrahe cum ea, et suscita semen fratri tuo.
9. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
9. Et cognovit Onan, quod non sibi futurum esset semen: et erat quando ingrediebatur ad uxorem fratris sui, corrumpebat semen super terram, ne poneret semen fratri suo.
10. And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
10. Displicuit autem in oculis Jehovae quod fecit, ideoque mori fecit etiam eum.