² Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was ^(A)Shua; and he took her as a wife and had relations with her. ³ And she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him ^(B)Er. ⁴ Then she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she named him ^(C)Onan. ⁵ She gave birth to yet another son and named him ^(D)Shelah; and it was at Chezib ^[a]that she gave birth to him.

⁶ Now Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. ⁷ But ^(E)Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord took his life. ⁸ Then Judah said to Onan, “^(F)Have relations with your brother’s wife and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up a ^[b]child for your brother.” ⁹ Now Onan knew that the ^[c](G)child would not be his; so when he had relations with his brother’s wife, he ^[d]wasted his seed on the ground so that he would not give ^[e]a child to his brother. ¹⁰ But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord; so He ^(H)took his life also.