1. AT THAT time Judah withdrew from his brothers and went to [lodge with] a certain Adullamite named Hirah.
2. There Judah saw and met a daughter of Shuah, a Canaanite; he took her as wife and lived with her.
3. And she became pregnant and bore a son, and he called him Er.
4. And she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan.
5. Again she conceived and bore a son and named him Shelah. [They were living] at Chezib when she bore him.
6. Now Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn; her name was Tamar.
7. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him.