8. 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 Deuteronomy 25:5 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"
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