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.
10. The family line from Ram to Jesse is as follows: Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon (a prominent man of the tribe of Judah),
11. Salmon, Boaz,
12. Obed, and Jesse.
13. Jesse had seven sons. In order of age they were: Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah,
14. Nethanel, Raddai,
15. Ozem, and David.
16. He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail.Jesse's daughter Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
17. His other daughter Abigail married Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and they had a son named Amasa.
18. Hezron's son Caleb married Azubah and had a daughter named Jerioth. She had three sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19. After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur.
20. Hur's son was Uri, and his grandson was Bezalel.
21. When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Machir's daughter, the sister of Gilead. They had a son named Segub,