1. At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2. Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
3. She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
4. She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
5. She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
6. Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. Yahweh killed him.
8. Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
9. Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
10. The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.