1. These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3. The sons of Judah were: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three Bathshua, a Canaanite woman, bore to him. But Judah’s firstborn, Er, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so he took his life.
4. Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore him Perez and Zerah, so that he had five sons in all.
5. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.