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 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 were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; so He killed him. And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 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

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 it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
• Ruth 4:12May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the Lord will give you from this young woman.”
• Matthew 1:3Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.
• 1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the descendants of Perez, the son of Judah.
• Numbers 26:21And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
• Ruth 4:18Now this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;
• Nehemiah 11:4Also in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin. The children 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 children 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 sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren—six hundred and ninety.
• Numbers 26:13of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
• Nehemiah 11:24Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king’s deputy 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

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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