Coverdale(i)
1 It fortuned at the same time, yt Iuda wente downe fro his brethren, & gat him to a man called Hyra at Odollam.
2 And there Iuda sawe a ma of Canaas doughter called Sua, and toke her. And whe he had lyen with her,
3 she conceaued and bare a sonne, whom she called Er.
4 And she conceaued agayne, & bare a sonwho she called Ona.
5 She proceaded yet further, & bare a sonne, who she called Sela. And wha she had borne him, she left of bearinge.
6 And Iuda gaue his first sonne Er a wife, whose name was Thamar.
7 But he was wicked before the LORDE, therfore the LORDE slew him.
8 Then sayde Iuda vnto his sonne Onan: Go lie with thy brothers wife, and marye thyself with her, that thou mayest rayse vp sede vnto thy brother.
9 But when Onan knewe that the sede shulde not be his owne, whan he laye with his brothers wife, he let it fall vpon the earth and destroyed it, yt he shulde not geue sede vnto his brother.
10 This thinge that he dyd displeased the LORDE sore, and he slewe him also.