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.
7. Er angered the Lord. So the Lord took away his life.
8. Then Judah said to Onan, “Go sleep with your brother’s widow. Do your duty for her as a brother-in-law, and produce a descendant for your brother.”