Pharez
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah,
the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the
Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites....
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And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare
unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this
young woman....
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And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the
Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites....
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According to the Book of Genesis, Pharez/Pיrez (Hebrew: פֶּרֶץ /
פָּרֶץ, Modern Péreẓ / Páreẓ Tiberian Péreṣ / Pāreṣ ; "Breach")
was the son of Tamar and of Judah, and was the twin of
Zerah[1]. The text argues that he was called Perez because he
was the first twin to be born, and thus had breached the
womb[2]. According to biblical scholars, t...
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fa'-rez (King James Version 1 Esdras 5:9; 8:30): The same as
Revised Version PHOROS (which see)....
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-Also called PEREZ and PHARES
-A twin son of Judah by Tamar
Ge 38:29; 1Ch 2:4
-Children of
Ge 46:12; Nu 26:20,21; 1Ch 2:5; 9:4
-Return from the captivity
Ne 11:4,6
-In the lineage of Jesus
Mt 1:3; Lu 3:33...
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(Perez, 1Ch 27:3 Phares, Mt 1:3; Lu 3:33
1 Esd. 5:6), twin son, with Zarah or Zerah, of Judah
and Tamer his daughter-in-law. (B.C. 1730.) The circumstances
of his birth are detailed in Gen. 38. Pharez occupied the rank
of Judah's second son, and from two of his sons sprang two new
chief houses, those of the Hezronites and Hamulites. From
Hezr...
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breach, the elder of the twin sons of Judah (Gen. 38:29). From
him the royal line of David sprang (Ruth 4:18-22).
"The chief of
all the captains of the host" was of the children of
Perez (1
Chr. 27:3; Matt. 1:3)....
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PEREZ "breach" because he broke forth from the womb before his
twin brother Zarah who had first put out his hand. Son of
Judah and Tamar his daughter in law (Matthew 1:3; Luke 3:33;
Genesis 38:29). His house retained the primogeniture; it was
famous for being prolific, so as to pass into a proverb (Rth
4:12; Rth 4:18-22). After the deaths of E...
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