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Perez

Perez, son of Judah and Tamar, was an ancestor of King David and Jesus Christ.

The name Perez means “divided”

MaleTribe of JudahEgypt and Wilderness eraOld & New Testaments7 books15 verses

Summary

A man from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Genesis 38:29; referred to as Perez (פֶּ֫רֶץ), Perezite (פַּרְצִי), or Perez (Φάρες); son of Judah and Tamar; a brother of Zerah; half-brother of: Er, Onan and Shelah; father of Hezron and Hamul.

Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Perez, Perezite Phares, Pharez

Family members

Father

Judah

Mother

Tamar

Siblings

Er Onan Shelah Zerah

Children

Hamul Hezron

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Genesis 38:29
    But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
  2. 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: Hezron and Hamul.
  3. Numbers 26:20
    These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
  4. Numbers 26:21
    And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.
  5. Ruth 4:12
    And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
  6. Ruth 4:18
    Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
  7. 1 Chronicles 2:4
    Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
  8. 1 Chronicles 2:5
    The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  9. 1 Chronicles 4:1
    The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
  10. 1 Chronicles 9:4
    Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
  11. 1 Chronicles 27:3
    He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
  12. Nehemiah 11:4
    …while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
  13. Nehemiah 11:6
    The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.
  14. Matthew 1:3
    Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
  15. Luke 3:33
    …the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,