Genesis 38:1-7 ▼

1 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and settled near a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.

2 There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; he married her and went in to her.

3 She conceived and bore a son; and he named him Er.

4 Again she conceived and bore a son whom she named Onan.

5 Yet again she bore a son, and she named him Shelah. She was in Chezib when she bore him.

6 Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD put him to death.