"It shall be that the firstbornwhomshe bearsshall assumethe nameof his deadbrother,so that his namewill not be blottedout from Israel.
Then Judahsaidto Onan,"Goin to your brother'swife,and performyour dutyas a brother-in-lawto her, and raiseup offspringfor your brother."
Onanknewthat the offspringwould not be his; so whenhe wentin to his brother'swife,he wastedhis seed on the groundin order not to giveoffspringto his brother.
Let his posteritybe cutoff;In a followinggenerationlet their namebe blottedout.
You have rebukedthe nations,You have destroyedthe wicked;You have blottedout their nameforeverand ever.
then his fatherand mothershall seizehim, and bringhim out to the eldersof his cityat the gatewayof his hometown.
"The LORDshall neverbe willingto forgivehim, but ratherthe angerof the LORDand His jealousywill burnagainst that man,and everycursewhich is writtenin thisbookwill reston him, and the LORDwill blotout his namefrom underheaven.
LetMe alone,that I may destroythem and blotout their namefrom underheaven;and I will makeof you a nationmightierand greaterthanthey.'
