Tamar Myers

Onan was a figure detailed in the Book of Genesis chapter 38, as the second son of Judah and his Canaanite wife, the daughter of Shuah. Onan had an older brother Er and a younger brother, Shelah, as well. Onan was commanded by his father, Judah, to perform his duty as a husband's brother according to the custom of levirate marriage with Er's widow Tamar. Onan refused to perform his duty as a levirate and instead "spilled his seed on the ground whenever he went in" because "the offspring would …