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The Sons of Israel

1 Chronicles 2:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
KJV
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
WEB
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
ASV
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
LSV
And his daughter-in-law Tamar has borne Perez and Zerah to him. All the sons of Judah [are] five.
YLT
And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [are] five.
DBY
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
DRC
And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five.
GNV
And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah: so al the sonnes of Iudah were fiue.
JPS
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
LXXE
And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda were five.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְתָמָר֙ כַּלָּת֔וֹ יָ֥לְדָה לּ֖וֹ אֶת־פֶּ֣רֶץ וְאֶת־זָ֑רַח כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ Θάμαρ ἡ νύμφη αὐτοῦ ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ τὸν Φαρὲς, καὶ τὸν Ζαρα· πάντες υἱοὶ Ἰούδα πέντε.

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  • Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
  • Genesis 38:13–30When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,” she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the…
  • Ruth 4:12And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
  • Numbers 26:20–21These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah. And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from…
  • Nehemiah 11:4while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a…
  • Genesis 38:11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
  • Nehemiah 11:24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:6From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.
  • Luke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
  • Numbers 26:13the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
  • Ruth 4:18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
  • 1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.

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