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Genesis 38:6
“Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.”
Verse in context — Genesis 38
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She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
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She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
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Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him.
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Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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