Ruth 4:12
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12 With the offspring the Lord will give you from this young woman, may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”[a]
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- 4:12 Gn 38 contains a story about Tamar similar to Ruth’s in levirate marriage. Judah, under less laudable circumstances, fulfills the same role as Boaz will, and Perez, son of Judah and Tamar, perpetuates the line. Thus two non-Israelite women, Tamar and Ruth, are important links in David’s genealogy.
Matthew 1:3
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3 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar.(A) Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
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Luke 3:33
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33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,(A) the son of Judah,(B)
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