1 Chronicles 2:3-12

^aThe sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of ¹Yahweh, so He put him to death.

^aTamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah.

Judah had five sons in all.

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

The sons of Zerah were ¹Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and ²Dara;

five of them in all.

The ¹son of Carmi was ^2aAchar, the troubler of Israel, who violated what was devoted to destruction.

The ¹son of Ethan was Azariah.

Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

Ram ¹became the father of Amminadab,

and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;

Nahshon became the father of Salma,

Salma became the father of Boaz,

Boaz became the father of Obed,

and Obed became the father of Jesse;