Now Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live;
She gave birth to yet another son and named him Shelah; and it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord took his life.
Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram.