Matthew 1:3
Judah of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez of Hezron, Hezron of Aram,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
In Context
2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac of Jacob, Jacob of Judah and his brothers,
4Aram of Aminadab, Aminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon,
Cross References
Genesis 38:11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah my son is grown up”; for he said to himself, “I will not let him marry her, he must not die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
Genesis 38:29But he drew back his hand, and his brother came out, and she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore he was named Perez.
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 →