[The Pentateuch]

¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter.

And it fortuned at that time that Judas went from his brethren & gat him to a man called Hira of Odollam / and there he saw the daughter of a man called Sua a Canaanite. And he toke her and went in unto her. And she conceived and bare a son and called his name E•. And she conceived again and bare a son and called him ⟨p. lv⟩Onan. And she conceived the third time & bare a son / whom she called Sela: & he was at Chesyb when she bare hem.

ANd it fortuned at that tyme that Iudas went from his brethren & gatt him to a man called Hira of Odollam / and there he sawe the doughter of a man called Sua a Canaanyte. And he toke her ād went in vnto her. And she conceaued and bare a sonne and called his name E•. And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and called him ⟨p. lv⟩Onan. And she conceaued the thyrde tyme & bare a sonne / whom she called Sela: & he was at Chesyb when she bare hem.

And Judas gave E• his eldest son / a wife whose name was Tamar. But this E• Judas eldest son was wicked in the sight of the LORD / wherefore the LORD slew him. Than said Judas unto Onan: goo in to thy brothers wife and Mary her / and stir up seed unto thy brother. And when Onan perceived that the seed should not be his: therefore when he went in to his brothers wife / he spilled it on the ground / because he would not give seed unto his brother. And the thing which he did / displeased the LORD / wherefore he slew him also. Than said Judas to Tamar his daughter in law: remain a widow at thy fathers house / till Sela my son be grown: for he feared lest he should have dyed also / as his brethren did. Thus went Tamar & dwelt in her fathers house.