1. And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name [is] Hirah;
2. and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name [is] Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her.
3. And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;
4. and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;
5. and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.
6. And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name [is] Tamar;
7. and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.
8. And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'
9. and Onan knoweth that the seed is not [reckoned] his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed [it] to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;
10. and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.
11. And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, `Lest he die--even he--like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.