1. The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3. Judah had three sons from Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the lord saw that the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so he killed him.
4. Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.
5. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.