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.
• 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.
• 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 were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death. Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all. 5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda—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 38:13When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
• Ruth 4:12Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”
• Matthew 1:3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, 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 26:21The descendants of Perez were: through Hezron, the Hezronite clan; through Hamul, the Hamulite clan.
• Ruth 4:18This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
• Nehemiah 11:4while other people from both Judah and Benjamin lived 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 Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
• 1 Chronicles 9:6Of the Zerahites: Jeuel. The people from Judah numbered 690.
• Numbers 26:13through Zerah, the Zerahite clan; through Shaul, the Shaulite clan.
• Nehemiah 11:24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in all affairs relating to 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