Genesis 38:1-7 ▼

1 Right about then, Judah left his brothers and went to live with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her, had sexual relations with her,

3 and she conceived, bore a son, and named him Er.

4 Later, she conceived again, bore another son, and named him Onan.

5 Then she bore yet another son and named him Shelah. Judah was living in Kezib when she bore him.

6 Judah found a wife for his oldest son Er. Her name was Tamar.

7 But the LORD considered Er, Judah's oldest son, to be wicked—so he put him to death.