Matthew 1:3
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
In Context
4Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
Cross References
Genesis 38:11Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father's house until Shelah, my son, grows up.” For he feared, “He might also die, just like his brothers.” Tamar left and lived in her father's house.
Genesis 38:29But then he drew back his hand, and, behold, his brother came out first. The midwife said, “How you have broken out!” So he was named Perez.
Numbers 26:20The clans of Judah's other descendants were these: 1 through Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites, 1 through Perez, the clan of the Perezites, and 1 through Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.
1 Chronicles 2:1These were Israel's sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 9:6Among the descendants of Zerah was Jeuel. Their descendants numbered 690.
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 →