1 About that time Judah left his brothers in the hill country and went to live near his friend Hirah in the town of Adullam.
2 While there he met the daughter of Shua, a Canaanite man. Judah married her,
3 and they had three sons. He named the first one Er;
4 she named the next one Onan.
5 The third one was born when Judah was in Chezib, and she named him Shelah.
6 Later, Judah chose Tamar as a wife for Er, his eldest son.
7 But Er was very evil, and the Lord took his life.