[2:1] Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
[2:2] Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[2:3] Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His oldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him.
[2:4] By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.
[2:5] Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul.
[2:6] His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.
[2:7] Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.
[2:8] Ethan had one son, Azariah.