Er, Onan and Shelah. A woman from Canaan had those three sons by him. She was the daughter of Shua. Er was Judah’s oldest son. He was evil in the Lord’s eyes. So the Lord put him to death. ⁴Tamar was Judah’s daughter-in-law. She had Perez and Zerah by him. The total number of Judah’s sons was five.

⁵The sons of Perez were

Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah were

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda. The total number of Zerah’s sons was five.

⁷The son of Carmi was Achar.

He brought trouble on Israel. He took some of the things that had been set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. When he did that, he disobeyed the Lord’s command.

⁸The son of Ethan was

Azariah.

⁹Hezron was the father of

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

The Family Line of Ram

¹⁰Ram was the father of

Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon was the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed. And Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse’s first son was

Eliab. His second son was Abinadab. The third was Shimea. ¹⁴The fourth was Nethanel. The fifth was Raddai. ¹⁵The sixth was Ozem. And the seventh was David.

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