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People of the Bible

Onan

Tribe of Judah

Family

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Strong, the second son of Judah (Gen. 38:4-10; comp. Deut. 25:5; Matt. 22:24). He died before the going down of Jacob and his family into Egypt.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 6 verses

Genesis: 38:4, 38:8, 38:9, 46:12
Numbers: 26:19
1 Chronicles: 2:3

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.