And Judah took a wife for his first-born, Er, and her name, Tamar.
And he lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
And I will cause you to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, among whom I dwell.
And she continued still and bore a son. And she called his name Shelah. And he was at Chezib when she bore him.
And Er, Judah’s first-born, was evil in the eyes of Jehovah. And Jehovah caused him to die.
And Judah fathered Pharez and Zarah out of Tamar, and Pharez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Aram,