1 Chronicles 2:4

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Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

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  • Matt 1:3 : 3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah(by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
  • Gen 38:13-30 : 13 Tamar was told,“Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.” 14 So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah.(She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.) 15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face. 16 He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?” 17 He replied,“I’ll send you a young goat from the flock.” She asked,“Will you give me a pledge until you send it?” 18 He said,“What pledge should I give you?” She replied,“Your seal, your cord, and the staff that’s in your hand.” So he gave them to her, then slept with her, and she became pregnant by him. 19 She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes. 20 Then Judah had his friend Hirah the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge, but Hirah could not find her. 21 He asked the men who were there,“Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?” But they replied,“There has been no cult prostitute here.” 22 So he returned to Judah and said,“I couldn’t find her. Moreover, the men of the place said,‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’” 23 Judah said,“Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.” 24 After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!” 25 While they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law:“I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” Then she said,“Identify the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.” 26 Judah recognized them and said,“She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He was not physically intimate with her again. 27 When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb. 28 While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying,“This one came out first.” 29 But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said,“How you have broken out of the womb!” So he was named Perez. 30 Afterward his brother came out– the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand– and he was named Zerah.
  • Ruth 4:12 : 12 May your family become like the family of Perez– whom Tamar bore to Judah– through the descendants the LORD gives you by this young woman.”
  • Ruth 4:18 : 18 Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
  • 1 Chr 9:4 : 4 The settlers included: Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, who was a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
  • 1 Chr 9:6 : 6 From the descendants of Zerah: Jeuel. Their relatives numbered 690.
  • Neh 11:4 : 4 some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) Of the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez;
  • Neh 11:24 : 24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was an adviser to the king in every matter pertaining to the people.
  • Num 26:13 : 13 from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; and from Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
  • Num 26:20-21 : 20 And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21 And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
  • Luke 3:33 : 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
  • Gen 38:11 : 11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar,“Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought,“I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

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  • 1 Chr 2:5-6
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    5The sons of Perez:Hezron and Hamul.

    6The sons of Zerah:Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara– five in all.

  • Gen 46:12
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    12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • 1 Chr 2:1-3
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    1Israel’s Descendants These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

    2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

    3Judah’s Descendants The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the LORD, so the LORD killed him.

  • Matt 1:2-3
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    2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

    3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah(by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

  • Num 26:19-21
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    19Judah The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

    20And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

    21And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

  • Gen 38:11
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    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar,“Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought,“I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

  • Gen 38:5-8
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    5Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

    6Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

    7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD killed him.

    8Then Judah said to Onan,“Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.”

  • Ruth 4:12
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    12May your family become like the family of Perez– whom Tamar bore to Judah– through the descendants the LORD gives you by this young woman.”

  • 1 Chr 4:1
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    1Judah’s Descendants The descendants of Judah:Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

  • 1 Chr 3:9
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    9These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. Tamar was their sister.

  • Ruth 4:18
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    18Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

  • Gen 38:24-27
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    24After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”

    25While they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law:“I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” Then she said,“Identify the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.”

    26Judah recognized them and said,“She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He was not physically intimate with her again.

    27When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • 1 Chr 9:4
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    4The settlers included: Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, who was a descendant of Perez son of Judah.

  • Luke 3:33
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    33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

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

  • Gen 38:1-3
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    1Judah and Tamar At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and slept with her.

    3She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

  • Gen 35:23
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    23The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • 1 Chr 4:27
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    27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah.

  • Gen 29:35
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    35She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“This time I will praise the LORD.”That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

  • 1 Chr 4:18
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    18(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married.

  • 1 Chr 2:9
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    9The sons born to Hezron:Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

  • 1 Chr 4:6
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    6Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.