Matthew 1:3
and Judah begot Perez and Zerah of Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram,
Literal Standard 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 begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers,
4and Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,
Cross References
Genesis 38:11And Judah says to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Abide [as] a widow at your father’s house, until my son Shelah grows up”; for he said, “Lest he die—even he—like his brothers”; and Tamar goes and dwells at her father’s house.
Genesis 38:29And it comes to pass as he draws back his hand, that behold, his brother has come out, and she says, “What! You have broken forth—the breach [is] on you”; and he calls his name Perez;
Numbers 26:20And sons of Judah by their families are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Perez the family of the Perezite; of Zerah the family of the Zerahite;
1 Chronicles 2:1These [are] sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 9:6And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers—six hundred and 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 →