Ruth 4:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² and let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.

Common English Bible

¹² And may your household be like the household of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah—through the children that the LORD will give you from this young woman.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the Lord will give to you from this young woman."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

Ruth 4:12 Cross References

Genesis 38:29

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.

Genesis 46:12

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

1 Chronicles 2:4

And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

Malachi 2:15

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Matthew 1:3

and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram;

Ruth 4:18

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron;

1 Samuel 2:20

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.