en_tn/gen/38/08.md

# Onan

This is the name of one of Judah's sons. See how you translated this name in [Genesis 38:4](./03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Do the duty of a brother-in-law to her

This refers to a custom that when the oldest brother dies before he and his wife have a son, the next oldest brother would marry and have sexual relations with the widow. When the widow gave birth to the first son, that son was considered the son of the oldest brother and he would receive the oldest brother's inheritance.

# was evil in the sight of Yahweh

The phrase "in the sight" refers to Yahweh seeing Onan's wickedness. AT: "was evil and Yahweh saw it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Yahweh killed him also

Yahweh killed him because what he did was evil. This can be made clear. AT: "So Yahweh killed him also" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Onan`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is the name of one of Judah's sons. See how you translated this name in [Genesis 38:4](./03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Do the duty of a brother-in-law to her`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This refers to a custom that when the oldest brother dies before he and his wife have a son, the next oldest brother would marry and have sexual relations with the widow. When the widow gave birth to the first son, that son was considered the son of the oldest brother and he would receive the oldest brother's inheritance.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# was evil in the sight of Yahweh`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The phrase "in the sight" refers to Yahweh seeing Onan's wickedness. AT: "was evil and Yahweh saw it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# Yahweh killed him also`

			`Yahweh killed him because what he did was evil. This can be made clear. AT: "So Yahweh killed him also" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`