Ruth 4:12

New English Translation

May your family become like the family of Perez – whom Tamar bore to Judah – through the descendants the Lord gives you by this young woman.”

Cross References

Genesis 38:29

But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said, “How you have broken out of the womb!” So he was named Perez.

Genesis 46:12

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

1 Chronicles 2:4

Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

Malachi 2:15

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

Matthew 1:3

Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

Ruth 4:18

These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

1 Samuel 2:20

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, “May the Lord raise up for you descendants from this woman to replace the one that she dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would go to their home.