Matthew 1:3
And Judah conceived Perez and Zerah by Tamar. And Perez conceived Hezron. And Hezron conceived Ram.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
In Context
2Abraham conceived Isaac. And Isaac conceived Jacob. And Jacob conceived Judah and his brothers.
4And Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon. And Nahshon conceived Salmon.
Cross References
Genesis 38:11Because of this matter, Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Be a widow in your father’s house, until my son Shelah grows up.” For he was afraid, lest he also might die, just as his brothers did. She went away, and she lived in her father’s house.
Genesis 38:29But in truth, drawing back his hand, the other came out. And the woman said, “Why is the partition divided for you?” And for this reason, she called his name Perez.
Numbers 26:20And these were the sons of Judah, by their kinships: Shelah, from whom is the family of the Shelahites; Perez, from whom is the family of the Perezites; Zerah, from whom is the family of the Zerahites.
1 Chronicles 2:1And the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 9:6Then from the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 1:2-18
Matthew to John The one half of our undertaking upon the New Testament It may be proper to apprise the reader that the volume to which this preface was originally prefixed included the Acts of the Apostles, which in the present edition will commence the second volume, in order to secure a more equal division of the New Testament—the commentary on the remaining books being less extended than the author contemplated .—Ed . is now, by the assistance of divine grace, finished, and presented to the reader, who, it is… Read the whole commentary →