KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Numbers 26:20
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
ASV American Standard Version
And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And sons of Judah, by their families, are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Pharez the family of the Pharzite; of Zerah the family of the Zarhite;
Surrounding context — Numbers 26
17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 These [are] the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And 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.
21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
22 These [are] the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
23 [Of] the sons of Issachar after their families: [of] Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּהְי֣וּH1961 · ha.yahto beבְנֵי־H1121 · benson: childיְהוּדָה֮H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒H4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyלְשֵׁלָ֗הH7956 · she.lahShelahמִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙H4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַשֵּׁ֣לָנִ֔יH8024 · she.la.niShelaniteלְפֶ֕רֶץH6557 · pe.retsPerezמִשְׁפַּ֖חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַפַּרְצִ֑יH6558 · par.tsiPereziteלְזֶ֕רַחH2226 · ze.rachZerahמִשְׁפַּ֖חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַזַּרְחִֽי׃H2227 · zar.chiZerahite
Cross-references
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.Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.Genesis 38:26-30And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.1 Chronicles 4:21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah [were], Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,1 Chronicles 2:3-8The 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.Matthew 1:3And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;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.Nehemiah 11:6All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem [were] four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.Ruth 4:18-22Now these [are] the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,Genesis 38:5And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.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;
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