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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Onan, sachant que cette postérité ne serait pas à lui, se souillait à terre lorsqu'il allait vers la femme de son frère, afin de ne pas donner de postérité à son frère.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
ὅτι οὐκ αὐτῷ ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα, ὅταν εἰσῆλθε πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ, ἐξέχει τοῦτο ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν“ (Gen. 38,9) φιλαυτίας καὶ φιληδονίας ὑπερβεβηκὼς τοὺς ὅρους. οὐκοῦν εἴποιμ’ ἂν αὐτῷ· εἰ τὸ ἴδιον πορίζεις λυσιτελές, 2 σώφρονος addidi 7 κατακλύσαι scripsi: καταλύσαι U 9 ὑποβεβρεγμ…
Philo Judaeus
Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis
ἀλλὰ καὶ θάνατον ὑπὸ φιλαυτίας ἀνεδέξαντο. ὁ γοῦν Αὐνάν, „αἰσθόμενος ὅτι οὐκ αὐτῷ ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα“ (Gen. 38, 9), οὐ πρότερον ἐπαύσατο τὸ λογικόν, ὅπερ ἄριστον τῶν ὄντων γένος ἐστί, διαφθείρων ἢ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀνεδέξατο φθορὰν παντελῆ, σφόδρα ὀρθῶς καὶ προσηκόντως· εἰ γὰρ ἅπαντα πράξου…
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
ίζουσιν ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τῇ (ξένῃ) μίξει, ταύτην εἶναι λέγοντες τὴν τελείαν ἀγάπην — 3 11 3,6 — 1 3f vgl. Gen. 38, 9 vgl. 5 (die Namen verwechselt) — 16ff genauer bei Irenaeus adv. haer. I 30, 10 f; I 237 Harvey et unusquisque eorum (der Archonten) suum praeconem assumit ad glorianduj…
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