Schela (Old Testament)

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In the Jewish Tanakh and thus also in the Christian Old Testament ( Gen 38.5  EU ), Schela is a son of Judah and the daughter of the Canaanite Shua. He was born in Kesib . His brothers were Er and Onan . According to the custom of levirate marriage , he should have married Tamar , his brothers' widow; however, this was refused by Judah ( Gen 38,14  EU ).