Genesis 38:5
She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
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Genesis 38:5
She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
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Genesis 38:6
Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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Genesis 38:7
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him.
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Genesis 38:8
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.”
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Genesis 38:9
Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
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Genesis 38:10
The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.
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Genesis 38:11
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
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