Tamarhis daughter-in-lawborehim Perezand Zerah.Judahhad fivesonsin all.
Then Judahsaidto his daughter-in-lawTamar,"Remaina widowin your father'shouseuntilmy sonShelahgrowsup"; for he thought,"[I am afraid] that he toomay dielike his brothers."So Tamarwentand livedin her father'shouse.
The sonsof Perez[were] Hezronand Hamul.
The sonsof Judah[were] Perez,Hezron,Carmi,Hurand Shobal.
Uthaithe sonof Ammihud,the sonof Omri,the sonof Imri,the sonof Bani,from the sonsof Perezthe sonof Judah.
From the sonsof Zerah[were] Jeueland their relatives,690[of them].
Pethahiahthe sonof Meshezabel,of the sonsof Zerahthe sonof Judah,was the king'srepresentativein allmattersconcerning the people.
Someof the sonsof Judahand someof the sonsof Benjaminlivedin Jerusalem.From the sonsof Judah:Athaiahthe sonof Uzziah,the sonof Zechariah,the sonof Amariah,the sonof Shephatiah,the sonof Mahalalel,of the sonsof Perez;
of Zerah,the familyof the Zerahites;of Shaul,the familyof the Shaulites.
Judahwas the fatherof Perezand Zerahby Tamar,Perezwas the fatherof Hezron,and Hezronthe fatherof Ram.
the son of Amminadab,the son of Admin,the son of Ram,the son of Hezron,the son of Perez,the son of Judah,
"Moreover, may your housebe like the houseof PerezwhomTamarboreto Judah,throughthe offspringwhichthe LORDwill giveyou by thisyoungwoman."
Now theseare the generationsof Perez:to Perezwas bornHezron,
