She borestillanothersonand namedhim Shelah;and it was at Chezibthat she borehim.
Then Judahsaidto his daughter-in-lawTamar,"Remaina widowin your father'shouseuntilmy sonShelahgrowsup"; for he thought,"[I am afraid] that he toomay dielike his brothers."So Tamarwentand livedin her father'shouse.
Judahrecognized[them], and said,"She is morerighteousthanI, inasmuchas I did not giveher to my sonShelah."And he did not haverelationswith her again.
Now Judahtooka wifefor Erhis firstborn,and her name[was] Tamar.
The sonsof Judah:Erand Onanand Shelahand Perezand Zerah(but Erand Onandiedin the landof Canaan).And the sonsof Perezwere Hezronand Hamul.
The sonsof Judah[were] Er,Onanand Shelah;[these] threewere bornto him by Bath-shuathe Canaanitess.And Er,Judah'sfirstborn,was wickedin the sightof the LORD,so He puthim to death.
The sonsof Shelahthe sonof Judah[were] Erthe fatherof Lecahand Laadahthe fatherof Mareshah,and the familiesof the houseof the linenworkersat Beth-ashbea;
The sonsof Judah[were] Erand Onan,but Erand Onandiedin the landof Canaan.
The sonsof Judahaccording to their familieswere: of Shelah,the familyof the Shelanites;of Perez,the familyof the Perezites;of Zerah,the familyof the Zerahites.
