Then Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
He dwelled in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
so that I may make you take an oath by Adonai, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from among the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling.
She gave birth to yet another son and she called him Shelah. He was in Chezib when she gave birth to him.
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in Adonai’s eyes, so Adonai put him to death.
Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram,