Genesis 38
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Genesis 38:1-5

1At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and had marital relations with her.

3She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

4She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

5Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

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