Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 38:8

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 38:8 - 38:8

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 38:8 - 38:8

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38:1 - 38:1
38:2 - 38:2
38:8 - 38:8
38:12 - 38:12
38:18 - 38:18
38:24 - 38:24

Judah said unto Onan ... marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother - The first instance of a custom, which was afterwards incorporated among the laws of Moses, that when a husband died leaving a widow, his brother next of age was to marry her, and the issue, if any, was to be served heir to the deceased (compare Deu 25:5).