Genesis 38:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Judah got a wife named Tamar for his firstborn, Er.

Cross References

Matthew 1:3

Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

Genesis 24:3

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,

Genesis 21:21

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. The Covenant at Beer-sheba.

Genesis 38:5

Then she bore still another son, whom she named Shelah. She was in Chezib when she bore him.

Genesis 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, greatly offended the Lord; so the Lord took his life.