2 Judah met a Canaanite girl there and married her. The girl’s father was named Shua.
3 The Canaanite girl gave birth to a son and named him Er.
4 Later, she gave birth to another son and named him Onan.
5 Then she had another son named Shelah. Judah lived in Kezib when his third son was born.
6 Judah chose a woman named Tamar to be the wife of his first son Er.
7 But Er did many bad things. The Lord was not happy with him, so the Lord killed him.
8 Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan, “Go and sleep with your dead brother’s wife. Become like a husband to her. If children are born, they will belong to your brother Er.”