Genesis 33:15

¹⁵ And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the people that are with me. And he said, What need? Let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.

1 Chronicles 29:10

¹⁰ And David blessed Jehovah in the sight of all the congregation; and David said, blessed be thou, Jehovah, the God of our father Israel, for ever and ever.

'Onán', como en Génesis 38, describe el mal de la falsedad del mal que más tarde fue prominente entre los pueblos judíos.