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No. This is actually a biblical reference against rebellion.
Read the story. Gen 38:8-10
It actually has nothing at all to do with masturbation (masturbation is not even in the story).
Also remember to keep it in context. Bear in mind we are in the book of Genesis, which is the first book in the Bible. Since this is the beginning of the world, there are very few people on earth and they were ALL related. (Adam and Eve...their offspring multiplied to populate the world). Anyway, based on the circumstances, God told the people to multiply (so as to populate the world). So it was kinda their duty (otherwise the human race would die out).
Anyway, in this particular instance, Onan's brother died before he had any children, therefore according to custom, it was Onan's duty to sleep with his dead brother's wife in order to produce offspring for his dead brother (to continue the family line). So Onan was specifically instructed to do this. But what does Onan do? He sleeps with the wife, but rather than giving her a baby, he pulls out and let's "his seed spill to the ground." He did this regularly. He wasn't masturbating, he was deliberately making sure the wife wouldn't get pregnant. It was a direct act of rebellion. So God got mad and struck him down. Hey, the earth is new, people need to multiply and populate it. God didn't have time for BS.
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