Genesis 38:2-10

Wycliffe(i) 2 and he siy ther a douytir of a man of Canaan, Sue bi name. And whanne he hadde takun hir to wijf, 3 he entride to hir, and sche conseyuede, and childide a sone, and clepide his name Her. 4 And eft whanne a child was conseyued, sche nemyde the child borun Onam. 5 And sche childide the thridde sone, whom sche clepide Cela, and whanne he was borun, sche ceesside to bere child more. 6 Forsothe Judas yaf a wijf, `Thamar bi name, to his firste gendrid sone Her. 7 And Her, the firste gendrid sone of Judas, was weiward in the siyt of the Lord, and therfor he was slayn of the Lord. 8 Therfor Judas seide to Onam, his sone, Entre thou to the wijf of thi brothir, and be thou felouschipid to hir, that thou reise seed to thi brothir. 9 And he wiste that sones schulden not be borun to him, `and he entride to the wijf of his brother, and schedde seed in to the erthe, lest the fre children schulden be borun bi the name of the brother; 10 and therfor the Lord smoot hym, for he dide abhomynable thing.