Genesis 38:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ Yet again she bore a son, and she named him Shelah. She^[a] was in Chezib when she bore him. ⁶ Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar. ⁷ But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.