1 Chronicles 2:4

1 Chronicles 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
• New International Version (NIV)Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

Context of 1 Chronicles 2:4

2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death. Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. 5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

1 Chronicles 2:4 word by word

וְתָמָר֙ כַּלָּת֔וֹ יָ֥לְדָה לּ֖וֹ אֶת־פֶּ֣רֶץ וְאֶת־זָ֑רַח כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear

• Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• Judah’s daughter-in-lawכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-lawH3618
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• Perezפֶּ֫רֶץperets · PerezH6557
• and Zerahזֶ֫רַחzerach · ZerahH2226
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• had fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• in allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:4

• Genesis 38:13When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
• Ruth 4:12And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
• Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
• 1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
• Numbers 26:21And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.
• Ruth 4:18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
• Nehemiah 11:4while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
• Luke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
• 1 Chronicles 9:6From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.
• Numbers 26:13the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
• Nehemiah 11:24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The main ancestral line of David comes from Perez, one of Tamar's sons. Tamar was Judah's widowed daughter-in-law. Hamul, one of Perez's sons, is not mentioned at all. The Chronicler might not have had information about him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-121Ch 2:1, 2. Sons of Israel. 1Ch 2:3-12. Posterity of Judah. 3. The sons of Judah--His descendants are enumerated first, because the right and privileges of the primogeniture had been transferred to him (Ge 49:8), and because from his tribe the Messiah was to spring.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 2:4

• David
• Incest
• Pharez
• Segub
• Tamar
• Zarah

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Tamar
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Daughter-in-Law
• Aaron
• Caleb
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Genealogy

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings