Bible Question: where in the old testement does it talk that it is better for man to cast his seed into the belly of a whore? |
Bible Answer: Greetings halweliver, Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! I don't think there is a passage such as you are seeking. I think that comes from a teaching based on scripture in Genesis chapter 38. See below. Read all of Chapter 38 and see below also Easton’s Bible Dictionary info for the Levirate Law that will be helpful in understanding the passage. Genesis 38:7-10 (NASB) 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, so the LORD took his life. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." 9 Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother. 10 But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD; so He took his life also. LEVIRATE LAW — from Latin levir, “a husband’s brother,” the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, his surviving brother was required to marry the widow, so as to continue his brother’s family through the son that might be born of that marriage (Gen. 38:8; Deut. 25:5–10; comp. Ruth 3; 4:10). Its object was “to raise up seed to the departed brother.” – Easton’s Bible Dictionary Steve |
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