1 About that time Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man from Adullam whose name was Hirah.
2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua. He married her and slept with her.
3 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Er.
4 She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, whom she named Onan.
5 Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah. He was born at Kezib.
6 Judah chose a wife for his firstborn son Er. Her name was Tamar.