1. AT THAT time Judah withdrew from his brothers and went to [lodge with] a certain Adullamite named Hirah.
2. There Judah saw and met a daughter of Shuah, a Canaanite; he took her as wife and lived with her.
3. And she became pregnant and bore a son, and he called him Er.
4. And she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan.
5. Again she conceived and bore a son and named him Shelah. [They were living] at Chezib when she bore him.
6. Now Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn; her name was Tamar.
7. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him.
8. Then Judah told Onan, Marry your brother's widow; live with her and raise offspring for your brother.
9. But Onan knew that the family would not be his, so when he cohabited with his brother's widow, he prevented conception, lest he should raise up a child for his brother.