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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 2:4

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Incest;   Pharez;   Segub;   Tamar;   Zarah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Pharez;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Shamhuth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Daughter-In-Law;   Pharez;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Genealogy;   Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Judah;   Perez;   Tamar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Genealogies of Jesus Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Phares, Pharez ;   Tamar ;   Zara, Zarah, Zerah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ze'rah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Perez;   Ruth, the Book of;   Zerah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judah;   Nahshon;   Wellhausen, Julius;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to him. Judah had five sons in all.
Hebrew Names Version
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Peretz and Zerach. All the sons of Yehudah were five.
King James Version
And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
English Standard Version
His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
New Century Version
Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father, so Judah had five sons.
New English Translation
Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
Amplified Bible
Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah's sons were five in all.
New American Standard Bible
His daughter-in-law Tamar bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
World English Bible
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah: so al the sonnes of Iudah were fiue.
Legacy Standard Bible
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
Berean Standard Bible
Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
Contemporary English Version
Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar also had two sons: Perez and Zerah.
Complete Jewish Bible
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Peretz and Zerach; thus Y'hudah had five sons altogether.
Darby Translation
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Easy-to-Read Version
Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons.
George Lamsa Translation
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Lexham English Bible
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore Perez and Zerah to him. The sons of Judah were five in all.
Literal Translation
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All Judah's sons were five.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Thamar his sonnes wife bare him Phares & Zarah, so yt all ye childre of Iuda were fyue.
American Standard Version
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Bible in Basic English
And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Thamar his daughter in lawe bare him Pharez, and Zara: and so all the sonnes of Iuda were fiue.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
King James Version (1611)
And Tamar his daughter-in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah. All the sonnes of Iudah were fiue.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda were five.
English Revised Version
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Thamar, wijf of the sone of Judas, childide to hym Phares, and Zaram; therfor alle the sones of Judas weren fyue.
Update Bible Version
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.
New King James Version
And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
New Living Translation
Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.
New Life Bible
Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
New Revised Standard
His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Tamar his daughter-in-law, bare him, Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah, were five.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five.
Revised Standard Version
His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
Young's Literal Translation
And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [are] five.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

Contextual Overview

1 Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His oldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him. 4 By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah. 5 Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul. 6 His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. 7 Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God. 8 Ethan had one son, Azariah. 9 Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 10 The family line from Ram to Jesse is as follows: Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon (a prominent man of the tribe of Judah),

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Tamar: Genesis 38:13-30, Ruth 4:12, Matthew 1:3, Thamar

Pharez: 1 Chronicles 9:4, Numbers 26:21, Ruth 4:18, Nehemiah 11:4, Perez, Matthew 1:3, Luke 3:33, Phares

Zerah: 1 Chronicles 9:6, Numbers 26:13, Numbers 26:20, Nehemiah 11:24, Matthew 1:3, Zara

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:29 - his name Joshua 7:17 - General 1 Chronicles 2:6 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, when God created the universe,
Genesis 1:4
God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness,
Genesis 1:28
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came—that was the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1
And so the whole universe was completed.
Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working.
Genesis 5:1
This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.
Genesis 10:1
These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.
Genesis 11:10
These are the descendants of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he had a son, Arpachshad.
Genesis 25:12
Ishmael, whom Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarah, bore to Abraham,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah,.... Through incest; they were twins, Genesis 38:27 all the sons of Judah were five; who are before mentioned by name.


 
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