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Genesis 37
³⁵ Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him.
³⁶ Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
Genesis 38
¹ And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
² Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her.
³ So she conceived and bore a son and he named him Er.
⁴ Then she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan.
⁵ She bore still another son and named him Shelah; and it was at Chezib that she bore him.
⁶ Now Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
⁷ But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord took his life.
⁸ Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."
⁹ Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother.