⁵ And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name ^(A)Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.

²⁰ And ^(A)the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

²¹ The sons of ^(A)Shelah ^(B)the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;

¹² The sons of ^(A)Judah were ^(B)Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). ^(C)The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

²⁶ So Judah ^(A)acknowledged them and said, ^(B)“She has been more righteous than I, because ^(C)I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he ^(D)never knew her again.

¹¹ Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, ^(A)“Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt ^(B)in her father’s house.