1. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a man of Adullam whose name was Hirah.
2. And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.
3. And she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Er.
4. And she again conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
5. And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.
6. And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah slew him.
8. Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and fulfil to her the brother-in-law's duty, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9. But when Onan knew that the seed should not be his own, it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, in order to give no seed to his brother.
10. And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and he slew him also.
11. And Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father's house, until Shelah my son is grown; for he said, Lest he die also, as his brethren. And Tamar went and remained in her father's house.
12. And as the days were multiplied, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah was comforted, and he went up to his sheep-shearers, to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
13. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
14. And she put the garments of her widowhood off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entry of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife.