Verse 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.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 38:29 : 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.
  • Gen 46:12 : 12 The 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 Sam 2:20 : 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying,“May the LORD establish descendants for you from this woman in place of the one that she dedicated to the LORD.”Then they would go to their home.
  • 1 Chr 2:4 : 4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
  • Matt 1:3 : 3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah(by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
  • Num 26:20-22 : 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. 22 These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500.
  • Ruth 4:18 : 18 Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,