King James Version
Ruth 4:18 in the King James Version says “Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,” — study this verse from Ruth chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,”
Ruth 4:18 · KJV
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, Salmon: or, Salmah
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now these are the generations”
H8435(plural only) descent, i.e., family; (figuratively) history
“begat”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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