Ruth 4:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.'

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  • Gen 38:29 : 29 But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. She said, How have you broken through? This breach is upon you. Therefore he was named Perez.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • 1 Sam 2:20 : 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give you descendants from this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went to their own home.
  • 1 Chr 2:4 : 4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
  • Matt 1:3 : 3 And Judah begat Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Aram;
  • Num 26:20-22 : 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. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
  • Ruth 4:18 : 18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron,

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  • Ruth 4:10-11
    2 verses
    82%

    10Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from his brethren or from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.'

    11And all the people at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.

  • Ruth 4:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

    14Then the women said to Naomi, 'Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman, and may his name be famous in Israel.

    15He shall be a restorer of your life and a provider for your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.'

  • 1 Chr 2:4
    75%

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

  • Gen 38:11
    74%

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Stay a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up; for he thought, Lest he also die like his brothers. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

  • Matt 1:2-3
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    73%

    2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers;

    3And Judah begat Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Aram;

  • Ruth 4:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, 'A son has been born to Naomi!' So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

    18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron,

  • Gen 38:8
    71%

    8Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.

  • Gen 38:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23Judah said, Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock; after all, I sent the young goat, and you did not find her.

    24About three months later, it was told Judah, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, she is pregnant by harlotry. Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.

    25As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant. She also said, Discern, please, whose these are—the signet, the bracelets, and the staff.

  • Ps 128:3
    70%

    3Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your children like olive plants around your table.

  • Gen 38:6
    70%

    6Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

  • Gen 38:27
    70%

    27When the time came for her to give birth, behold, there were twins in her womb.

  • Matt 1:5
    70%

    5And Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed by Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

  • 1 Chr 2:12
    69%

    12And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse,

  • Deut 28:4
    69%

    4Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep.

  • Gen 24:38
    69%

    38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

  • Ruth 4:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21Salmon begat Boaz, Boaz begat Obed,

    22Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

  • 1 Chr 9:4
    69%

    4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez, the son of Judah.

  • Gen 38:29
    69%

    29But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. She said, How have you broken through? This breach is upon you. Therefore he was named Perez.

  • Jer 29:6
    69%

    6Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may have sons and daughters; that you may increase there and not diminish.

  • Gen 28:3
    69%

    3And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;

  • Gen 38:16
    69%

    16He turned to her by the roadside and said, Let me come in to you; for he did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?

  • Gen 38:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1At that time, Judah left his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; he took her and went in to her.

  • Ps 113:9
    68%

    9He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD.

  • Deut 28:30
    68%

    30You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Ruth 4:5
    68%

    5Then Boaz said, 'The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.'

  • Ruth 1:9
    68%

    9The LORD grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voices and wept.

  • Ruth 3:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.

    10And he said, Blessed are you of the LORD, my daughter: for you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you followed not young men, whether poor or rich.

  • Luke 3:33
    68%

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

  • Gen 38:14
    68%

    14So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself, and sat by the roadside in an open place, which is on the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.

  • Ruth 2:4
    68%

    4And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless you.

  • 1 Chr 7:23
    67%

    23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.