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Bereshis 38:2-9 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

2. And Yehudah saw there a bat ish Kena'ani shmo Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.

3. She conceived, and bore ben; and he called shmo Er.

4. And she conceived again, and bore ben; and she called shmo Onan.

5. And she yet again conceived, and bore ben; and called shmo Shelah; at Keziv, when she bore him.

6. And Yehudah took a wife for Er his bechor, whose shem was Tamar.

7. And Er, bechor Yehudah, was rah in the eyes of Hashem; and Hashem slaughtered him.

8. And Yehudah said unto Onan, Go in unto eshet achicha, and enter into levirate marriage with her, and raise up zera to achicha.

9. And Onan knew that the zera should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto eshet achiv, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give zera to achiv.

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