1 About that time Judah went down from his brothers and he camped near an Adullamite man, whose name was Hirah.
2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua, and he took her as wife and slept with her.
3 Then she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.
4 She became pregnant again and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
5 She gave birth to yet another son and she called him Shelah. He was in Chezib when she gave birth to him.
6 Then Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in Adonai’s eyes, so Adonai put him to death.