His daughter-in-law (A)Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

The (B)sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. The son[a] of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who (C)broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing; and Ethan's son was Azariah.

The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, (D)Ram, and (E)Chelubai. 10 (F)Ram fathered Amminadab, and (G)Amminadab fathered (H)Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. 11 Nahshon fathered (I)Salmon,[b] Salmon fathered (J)Boaz, 12 Boaz fathered Obed, (K)Obed fathered Jesse. 13 (L)Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, (M)Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, (N)David the seventh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Hebrew sons
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:11 Septuagint (compare Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma

and (A)Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,[a] and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by (B)Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and (C)Jesse the father of David the king.

And (D)David was the father of Solomon by (E)the wife of Uriah,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:3 Greek Aram; also verse 4

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