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

2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 3The sons of Judah were Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so He put him to death. Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. 5The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 6The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara; five of them 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
• his daughter-in-lawכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-lawH3618
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• him 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 38:13It was told to Tamar, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
• Ruth 4:12Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
• Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
• 1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah.
• Numbers 26:21The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
• Ruth 4:18Now these are the generations of Perez: to Perez was born Hezron,
• Nehemiah 11:4Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;
• Luke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
• 1 Chronicles 9:6From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives, 690 of them.
• Numbers 26:13of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
• Nehemiah 11:24Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king’s representative 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