Afterward his brother, who had the crimson thread on his hand, came out; he was called Zerah.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah—but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore him Perez and Zerah, so that he had five sons in all.
Among the Zerahites were Jeuel and six hundred and ninety of their relatives.
Pethahiah, son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah, son of Judah, was royal deputy in all affairs that concerned the people. Other Settlements.
Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,