Genesis 38:4 - She conceived again and bore a son and

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KJV, ASV, ERV

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

DRA

And conceiving again, she bore a son, and called him Onan.

DBY, WBT, AKJV, JPS

And she again conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.

YLT

and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;

BBE

And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.

CPDV

And conceiving offspring again, having given birth to a son, she called him Onan.

Latin

Et concepit adhuc, et peperit filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Onan.

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John Gill's Exposition (1746-63)

And she conceived again, and bare a son,.... As soon as she well could:
and she called his name Onan; the first son Judah gave the name to, but his wife named this, so called from grief or sorrow; the reason of it, according to the above Targum, was,"because his father would mourn for him;''he was a Benoni, see Genesis 35:18, whose sin and immature death caused sorrow.

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Genesis - 38:4

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