Matthew 1:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰούδας δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Φάρες καὶ τὸν Ζαρὰ ἐκ τῆς Θάμαρ· Φάρες δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἐσρώμ· Ἐσρὼμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀράμ·

Transliteration

Ioudas de egennēsen the Phares and the Zara from the Thamar; Phares de egennēsen the Esrōm; Esrōm de egennēsen the Aram;

Grammar Details

• *Ioudas*: nominative, masculine, proper name - Judah
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *egennēsen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - begot/fathered
• *Phares*: accusative, masculine, proper name - Perez
• *Zara*: accusative, masculine, proper name - Zerah
• *ek*: preposition governing genitive - from/out of
• *tēs*: genitive, feminine, singular, article - the
• *Thamar*: genitive, feminine, proper name - Tamar
• *Esrōm*: accusative, masculine, proper name - Hezron
• *Aram*: accusative, masculine, proper name - Ram

Word Meanings

• *egennēsen*: begot/fathered/became the ancestor of
• *ek*: from/out of/by

Referenced Verses

• Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
• Gen 38:29-30 : 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah.
• 1 Chr 2:1-9 : 1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. 4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. 7 And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing. 8 And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11 and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse; 13 and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
• 1 Chr 4:1 : 1 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
• 1 Chr 9:6 : 6 And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
• Luke 3:33 : 33 the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Arni, the [son] of Hezron, the [son] of Perez, the [son] of Judah,
• Num 26:20-21 : 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
• Ruth 4:18-22 : 18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron, 19 and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
• Gen 38:6 : 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.
• Gen 38:11 : 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
• Gen 38:24-27 : 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.