The sonsof Judahaccording to their familieswere: of Shelah,the familyof the Shelanites;of Perez,the familyof the Perezites;of Zerah,the familyof the Zerahites.
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.
So she removedher widow'sgarmentsand covered[herself] with a veil,and wrappedherself, and satin the gatewayof Enaim,whichis on the roadto Timnah;for she sawthat Shelahhad grownup, and she had not been givento him as a wife.
She borestillanothersonand namedhim Shelah;and it was at Chezibthat she borehim.
The sonsof Judah:Erand Onanand Shelahand Perezand Zerah(but Erand Onandiedin the landof Canaan).And the sonsof Perezwere Hezronand Hamul.
"Judah,your brothersshall praiseyou; Your handshall be on the neckof your enemies;Your father'ssonsshall bowdownto you.
The sonsof Shelahthe sonof Judah[were] Erthe fatherof Lecahand Laadahthe fatherof Mareshah,and the familiesof the houseof the linenworkersat Beth-ashbea;
Uthaithe sonof Ammihud,the sonof Omri,the sonof Imri,the sonof Bani,from the sonsof Perezthe sonof Judah.
From the Shilonites[were] Asaiahthe firstbornand his sons.
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;
Allthe sonsof Perezwho livedin Jerusalemwere 468ablemen.
The sonsof Perezwere: of Hezron,the familyof the Hezronites;of Hamul,the familyof the Hamulites.
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,
from the tribeof Judah,twelvethousand[were] sealed,from the tribeof Reubentwelvethousand,from the tribeof Gadtwelvethousand,
