38:2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man 1 named Shua. 2 Judah acquired her as a wife 3 and had marital relations with her. 4 38:3 She became pregnant 5 and had a son. Judah named 6 him Er. 38:4 She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan. 38:5 Then she had 7 yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib. 8
38:6 Judah acquired 9 a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar. 38:7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him.
38:8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Have sexual relations with 10 your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise 11 up a descendant for your brother.” 12 38:9 But Onan knew that the child 13 would not be considered his. 14 So whenever 15 he had sexual relations with 16 his brother’s wife, he withdrew prematurely 17 so as not to give his brother a descendant. 38:10 What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord 18 killed him too.