<t /><p class="bodytext">The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

<p class="poetry">The sons of Judah:p> <p class="poetry">Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerahp> <p class="poetry">(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).p> <p class="poetry">The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.p>

She became pregnant<n id="1" /> and had a son. Judah named<n id="2" /> him Er.

&#8220;Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.<n id="1" />

But Er, Judah&#8217;s firstborn, was evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight, so the <sc>Lordsc> killed him.p>

and the slope of the valleys<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that extends to the dwelling of Ar,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and falls off at the border of Moab.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The sons of Judah:p> <p class="bodytext">Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua,<n id="1" /> a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah&#8217;s firstborn, displeased the <sc>Lordsc>, so the <sc>Lordsc> killed him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For fire went out from Heshbon,p> <p class="poetry">a flame from the city of Sihon.p> <p class="poetry">It has consumed Ar of Moabp> <p class="poetry">and the lords<n id="1" /> of the high places of Arnon.p>

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Shelah son of Judah:p> <p class="bodytext">Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea,

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is a message about Moab:p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, in a night it is devastated,p> <p class="poetry">Ar of Moab is destroyed!p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, in a night it is devastated,p> <p class="poetry">Kir of Moab is destroyed!p>

May the <sc>Lordsc> cut off from the community<n id="1" /> of Jacob every last person who does this,<n id="2" /> as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all!p>

Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to me, &#8220;Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar<n id="1" /> to the descendants of Lot<n id="2" /> as their possession.

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I was asleep, but my mind<n id="1" /> was dreaming.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Listen!<n id="3" /> My lover<n id="4" /> is knocking<n id="5" /> at the door!<n id="6" />p> <p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Open<n id="7" /> for me, my sister, my darling,p> <p class="poetry">my dove, my flawless one!p> <p class="poetry">My head is drenched with dew,p> <p class="poetry">my hair with the dampness of the night.&#8221;p>