Then Judah took a wife to Er his firstborn son, whose name was Tamar.

(A)Now Er the firstborn of Judah was wicked in the sight of the Lord: therefore the Lord slew him.

And Judah said to Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and do the office of a kinsman unto her, and raise [a]up seed unto thy brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:8 This order was for the preservation of the stock, that the child begotten by the second brother should have the name and inheritance of the first: which is in the new Testament abolished.

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