38:6 Judah acquired 1 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 2 your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise 3 up a descendant for your brother.” 4 38:9 But Onan knew that the child 5 would not be considered his. 6 So whenever 7 he had sexual relations with 8 his brother’s wife, he withdrew prematurely 9 so as not to give his brother a descendant. 38:10 What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord 10 killed him too.