Questions About Drunk with Blood: God's Killings in the Bible

by Steve Wells (Goodreads Author)

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Does this book mention the story of when god killed Onan for continuously pulling out of his sister in law? (Gen 38:8-10)

Michael Yes. That is killing number 7 of 158.
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"Onan spilled it on the ground (so the lord killed him too)"
Er, Judahs firstborn, was wicke…moreYes. That is killing number 7 of 158.
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"Onan spilled it on the ground (so the lord killed him too)"
Er, Judahs firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD slew him. Gen 38:7
"So Judah told Er's brother, Onan, to have sex with his dead brothers wife."
Judah said unto Onan, go in unto thy brothers wife. Gen 38:8
"And Onan "when in unto" her alright, but in the process he spilled it on the ground."
Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he when in unto his brothers wife, that he spilled it on the ground"
Gen 38:9
"Then god, who was watching the whole thing, killed Onan for ejaculating outside the vagina of his dead brothers wife."
And the thing which he did displeases the LORD, wherefore he slew him also. Gen 38:10
"This story is used by believers to justify their condemnation of everything from masturbation (sometimes called Onanism) to birth control. But I think its just another nasty amoral bible story. If there is a moral to the story, though, I guess it is this: Be carful where you ejaculate."
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