![]() ![]() Tamar became pregnant with twin boys as a result of her encounter with Judah. She covered her face and disguised herself as a prostitute. She devised a plan to entice Judah into having sex with her and thus produce an heir. When Shelah came of age, Judah failed to keep his promise, and Tamar took matters into her own hands. Judah’s third son, Shelah, was not yet old enough to marry, so Judah told Tamar to return to her father’s house and wait for Shelah to grow up. So, the Lord punished Onan with death (Genesis 38:8–10). But Onan refused to have a child with Tamar, knowing the offspring would be heir to his brother’s estate and not his own. But Er, who was “wicked in the sight of the Lord,” died before producing an offspring, leaving Tamar a childless widow (Genesis 38:7).Įr’s next oldest unmarried brother, Onan, was required to enter into a levirate marriage with Tamar, with a goal of producing an heir for his deceased brother. ![]() Judah arranged for the marriage of his oldest son, Er, with a Canaanite woman named Tamar. Judah, one of Jacob’s twelve sons, was leader of the Israelite tribe bearing his name. The name Perez in Hebrew means “breach” or “he who bursts forth,” and it refers to how he was born. In the biblical genealogies, Perez is listed as an ancestor of King David and of Jesus Christ. ![]() Perez was one of the sons of Judah through an illicit affair with his daughter-in-law, Tamar. ![]()
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