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Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was ^(C1)Shua; and he took her as a wife and had relations with her.

And she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him ^(C1)Er.

Then she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she named him ^(C1)Onan.

She gave birth to yet another son and named him ^(C1)Shelah; and it was at Chezib ^(F1)that she gave birth to him.

Now Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

But ^(C1)Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, so the LORD took his life.

Then Judah said to Onan, "^(C1)Have relations with your brother's wife and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up a ^(F1)child for your brother."

Now Onan knew that the ^(F1)(C1)child would not be his; so when he had relations with his brother's wife, he ^(F2)wasted his seed on the ground so that he would not give ^(F1)a child to his brother.

But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD; so He ^(C1)took his life also.