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Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. She was in Chezib when she bore him.
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And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.
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But Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
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Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."
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But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
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And what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD, and he slew him also.
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Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up" --for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
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In course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died; and when Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
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And when Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,"
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she put off her widow's garments, and put on a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.
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When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot, for she had covered her face.