After this, the other baby was born. This was the baby with the red string on his hand. They named him Zerah [235]
Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Er and Onan died while still in Canaan.) Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.
Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. [16] So Judah had five sons.
The Zerahite people that lived in Jerusalem were: Jeuel and their relatives. There were 690 of them in all.
The man that told the people what the king wanted done was named Pethahiah. (Pethahiah was the son of Meshezabel, who was one of the descendants of Zerah. Zerah was Judah’s son.)
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah.\par (Their mother was Tamar.)\par Perez was the father of Hezron.\par Hezron was the father of Ram.\par