King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 2:4 Mean?
“And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.”
Context
2
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
4
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. Zimri: or, Zabdi Dara: or, Darda
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(4) **Tamar.**—Wife of Er. The story of her incest with Judah, the fruit of which was the twins Pharez (Heb., *Perez*) and Zerah (called Zarah, Genesis 38:30; and Zara, Matthew 1:3), is told in Genesis 38:8-30.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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