1. Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3. Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His eldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him.
4. By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.
5. Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul.
6. His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.
7. Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.