Ruth 4:12

Good News Translation

May the children that the Lord will give you by this young woman make your family like the family of Perez, the son of Judah and Tamar.”

Cross References

Genesis 38:29

But he pulled his arm back, and his brother was born first. Then the midwife said, “So this is how you break your way out!” So he was named Perez.

Genesis 46:12

Judah and his sons: Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Judah's other sons, Er and Onan, had died in Canaan.) Perez' sons were Hezron and Hamul.

1 Chronicles 2:4

By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.

Malachi 2:15

Didn't God make you one body and spirit with her? What was his purpose in this? It was that you should have children who are truly God's people. So make sure that none of you breaks his promise to his wife.

Ruth 4:18

This is the family line from Perez to David: Perez, Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, David.

1 Samuel 2:20

Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say to Elkanah, “May the Lord give you other children by this woman to take the place of the one you dedicated to him.” After that they would go back home.