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Genesis 38:4

Onan

2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3 So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5 Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

6 Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

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BSB
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
WEB
She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
ASV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
DARBY
And she again conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
BLB
And she conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
ÅB
Så ble hun fruktsommelig igjen og fødte en sønn, og hun kalte ham Onan.
OTB
Hun ble igjen gravid og fødte en sønn, som hun kalte Onan.
B1930
Så blev hun atter fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn, og hun kalte ham Onan.

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