And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Judah's command to his son to enter into his brother's widow and raise up offspring for his brother, read together with the two verses that follow it, gives the name Onanist to one who practices solitary vice. The name is drawn from Onan himself and is applied to that secret habit as its biblical designation. That conduct is a breach of the law of chastity, even when the one guilty of it regards himself as innocent. It remains such a breach even when conscience is only partially disturbed over it.
Judah's command to his son to enter into his brother's widow and raise up offspring for his brother, read together with the two verses that follow it, gives the name Onanist to one who practices solitary vice. The name is drawn from Onan himself and is applied to that secret habit as its biblical designation. That conduct is a breach of the law of chastity, even when the one guilty of it regards himself as innocent. It remains such a breach even when conscience is only partially disturbed over it.