10 1And after these things my son Er took to wife Tamar, from Mesopotamia, a daughter of Aram. 2Now Er was wicked, and he was in need concerning Tamar, because she was not of the land of Canaan. And on the third night an angel of the Lord smote him. 3And he had not known her according to the evil craftiness of his mother, for he did not wish to have children by her. 4In the days of the wedding-feast I gave Onan to her in marriage; 5and he also in wickedness knew her not, though he spent with her a year. 6And when I threatened him he went in unto her, but he spilled the seed on the ground, according to the command of his mother, and he also died through wickedness. 7And I wished to give Shelah also to her, but his mother did not permit it; for she wrought evil against Tamar, because she was not of the daughters of Canaan, as she also herself was.