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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.

Context of 1 Chronicles 2:4

2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• his daughter in lawכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-lawH3618
• bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• him Pharezפֶּ֫רֶץperets · PerezH6557
• and Zerahזֶ֫רַחzerach · ZerahH2226
• All the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:4

• Genesis 38:13And when Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,"
• Ruth 4:12and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman."
• Matthew 1:3and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
• 1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai the son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah.
• Numbers 26:21And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.
• Ruth 4:18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron,
• Nehemiah 11:4And in Jerusalem lived certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons 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 9:6Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen, 690.
• Numbers 26:13of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.
• Nehemiah 11:24And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's side in all matters 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