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  Judah and Tamar 38  At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.   2  There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her;   3  she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.   4  She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.   5  She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him. 6  Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.   7  But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the  Lord ’s sight; so the  Lord  put him to death. 8  Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”   9  But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he sp...

  Joseph’s Dreams 37  Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. 2  This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. 3  Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate [ a ]  robe for him.   4  When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. 5  Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.   6  He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:   7  We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, w...

  Esau’s Descendants 36  This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom). 2  Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite—   3  also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. 4  Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,   5  and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan. 6  Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.   7  Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.   8  So Esau (that is, Edom)...