KJV King James Version
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.
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1 Chronicles 2:4
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
WEB World English Bible
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
ASV American Standard Version
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah are five.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 2
1 These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
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וְתָמָר֙H8559 · ta.marTamarכַּלָּת֔וֹH3618 · kal.lahdaughter-in-law: brideיָ֥לְדָהH3205 · ya.ladto begetלּ֖וֹH9033 · ohimאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פֶּ֣רֶץH6557 · pe.retsPerezוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]זָ֑רַחH2226 · ze.rachZerahכָּל־H3605 · kolallבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיְהוּדָ֖הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ סH2568 · cha.meshfive
Cross-references
Matthew 1:3And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;Genesis 38:13-30And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.Genesis 38:11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.Ruth 4:12And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.Numbers 26:20-21And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.Nehemiah 11:24And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, [was] at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.1 Chronicles 9:6And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.Luke 3:33Which was [the son] of Aminadab, which was [the son] of Aram, which was [the son] of Esrom, which was [the son] of Phares, which was [the son] of Juda,Nehemiah 11:4And at Jerusalem dwelt [certain] of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;Numbers 26:13Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.Ruth 4:18Now these [are] the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
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