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Genesis 38:9The Bible in Living English
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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.
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Genesis 38:9American Standard Version
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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.
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Genesis 38:9The Emphasized Bible
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9 And Onan knew that the seed would not be his,—and so although he did go in unto his brother’s wife, yet made he waste upon the ground, so as not to give seed to his brother.
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Genesis 38:9King James Version
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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.
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