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And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

38:8 raise up seed to thy brother. This so-called Levirate marriage relationship (Deuteronomy 25:5-10) was practiced also in other nations at the time, according to the Nuzi tablets.


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