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Onan in the Bible — Who Was Onan? | nocap.bible

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Onan

Judah's second son who died for refusing his duty to Tamar

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After his older brother Er was killed by God, Onan was supposed to provide an heir for his brother through Tamar but deliberately avoided it. God put him to death too.

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family_historySecond son of Judah family_historyBrother of Er and Shelah