4. She became pregnant again and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
5. She gave birth to yet another son and she called him Shelah. He was in Chezib when she gave birth to him.
6. Then Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in Adonai’s eyes, so Adonai put him to death.
8. Then Judah said to Onan, go to your brother’s wife to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up a seed for your brother.
9. But Onan knew that the seed would not be his. So every time he went to his brother’s wife he would destroy it on the ground so as not to provide a seed for his brother.