3. Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His eldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him.
4. By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.
5. Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul.
6. His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.
7. Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.
8. Ethan had one son, Azariah.
9. Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
26-27. Ram had three sons: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. Jerahmeel had another wife, a woman named Atarah, and they had a son, Onam.
28. Onam had two sons, Shammai and Jada, and Shammai also had two sons, Nadab and Abishur.
29. Abishur married a woman named Abihail, and they had two sons, Ahban and Molid.
30. Abishur's brother Nadab had two sons, Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without having any sons.