1. At that time Judah left his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah.
2. There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua; he took her as a wife and slept with her.
3. She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.
4. She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan.
5. She gave birth to another son and named him Shelah. It was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
6. Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord put him to death.
8. Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and produce offspring for your brother.”