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  • Genesis 38:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 9 But Oʹnan knew that the offspring would not be considered his.+ So when he did have relations with his brother’s wife, he wasted his semen on the ground so as not to give offspring to his brother.+

  • Genesis 38:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 9 But Oʹnan knew that the offspring would not be considered his.+ So when he did have relations with his brother’s wife, he wasted his semen on the ground so as not to give offspring to his brother.+

  • Genesis 38:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 9 But Oʹnan knew that the offspring would not become his;+ and it occurred that when he did have relations with his brother’s wife he wasted his semen on the earth* so as not to give offspring to his brother.+

  • Genesis 38:9
    The Bible in Living English
    • 9 And Onan knew the posterity would not belong to him; and if he went in to his brother’s wife he wasted his germs on the ground so as not to give his brother a posterity.

  • Genesis 38:9
    American Standard Version
    • 9 And Onan knew that the seed would 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 he should give seed to his brother.

  • Genesis 38:9
    King James Version
    • 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.

  • Genesis
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 38:9 it-2 555; yp 201

  • Genesis
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 38:9 w83 6/1 26; w73 255-256; w64 693; g62 4/8 27; w61 576; w59 541

  • Genesis
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 38:9

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 555

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