Matthew 1:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

📖 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 Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez 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, How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
• 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 the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. 4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five. 5 The sons of Pharez; 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 transgressed in the thing accursed. 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 firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
• 1 Chr 4:1 : 1 ¶ The sons of Judah; Pharez, 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 Which was [the son] of Aminadab, which was [the son] of Aram, which was [the son] of Esrom, which was [the son] of Phares, which was [the son] of Juda,
• Num 26:20-21 : 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez 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 Pharez: Pharez 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 firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.
• Gen 38:11 : 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren [did]. 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 also, 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 bracelets, and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that 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.