Blackjack
Resident Freddy
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liloe said:Well it's the following. Back in that time you had to have children to work for you when you were old and couldn't live on your own. Now if you were a widow and had no children, some other member (husband of sister or so? not 100% sure and cba to read it up right now) had to make you a baby to care for you.
Onan didn't stand up to this duty and instead masturbated.
I don't give 100% guarantee on this, only 95% cause I cba to look it up, as I said =)
Onan was the second son of Judah. After his older brother Er died, Onan was required by the tradition of levirate marriage to marry Er's widow Tamar. According to Genesis, when he had sexual intercourse with Tamar he "spilt his seed upon the ground" because the resulting child would be considered his late brother's, not his. In response to this transgression, God killed Onan.
So not really masturbation, but the first documented "pulling out" incident