1. At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.
2. There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her;
3. she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.
4. She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.
5. She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.
6. Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.
8. Then Judah said to Onan, ‘Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfil your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.’
9. But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to avoid providing offspring for his brother.