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Judah And Tamar
(vv. 1-11). Judah, the brother who suggested they sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites (37:26-27), stayed in Adullum (about 15 miles northwest of Hebron) and married a Canaanite woman. They had three sons, Er, Onan, and Shelah. Intermarriage with the Canaanites had been avoided up to t …