Matthew 1:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram;

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  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Gen 38:29-30 : 29 But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez. 30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named 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; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death. 4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. 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. 7 And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing. 8 And the son of Ethan: Azariah. 9 And the sons of Hezron, the offspring of his body: Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai. 10 And Ram was the father of Amminadab; and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, chief of the children of Judah; 11 And Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz, 12 And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse, 13 And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, 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 brothers, 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 by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelahites: 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 became the father of Hezron; 19 And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab; 20 And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon; 21 And Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed; 22 And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
  • Gen 38:6 : 6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
  • Gen 38:11 : 11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.
  • Gen 38:24-27 : 24 Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned. 25 And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick? 26 Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her. 27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

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    33 The son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

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    1 The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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    4 And the son of Ram was Amminadab; and the son of Amminadab was Nahshon; and the son of Nahshon was Salmon;

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    18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron;

    19 And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab;

    20 And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon;

  • 1 Chr 2:3-5
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    3 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.

    4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.

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  • Matt 1:12-15
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    12 And after the taking away to Babylon, Jechoniah had a son Shealtiel; and Shealtiel had Zerubbabel;

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    20 And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelahites: 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.

  • 1 Chr 2:9-10
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    9 And the sons of Hezron, the offspring of his body: Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai.

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    12 And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • 1 Chr 4:1-2
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    1 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal.

    2 And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

  • Ruth 4:12
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    12 May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.

  • Luke 3:26-30
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    26 The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

    27 The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

    28 The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

    29 The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

    30 The son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

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    18 And Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

  • 1 Chr 9:4
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    4 Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez, the son of Judah.

  • Matt 1:8-9
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    8 And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;

    9 And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah;

  • 1 Chr 8:1
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    1 And Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34 And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • 1 Chr 9:42
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    42 And Ahaz was the father of Jarah; and Jarah was the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

  • Gen 38:3
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    3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.

  • Gen 38:6
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    6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

  • 1 Chr 6:9
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    9 And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan,

  • Exod 1:2
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    2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

  • 1 Chr 2:27
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    27 And the sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz and Jamin and Eker.

  • 1 Chr 1:26
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    26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

  • Gen 38:30
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    30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

  • Gen 38:1
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    1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.