Perez, also written as Pharez/Perets (), was the son of
Tamar and
Judah, and the
twin
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of
Zerah
Zerah or Zérach ( / "sunrise" Standard Hebrew ''Zéraḥ'' / ''Záraḥ'', Tiberian Hebrew ''Zéraḥ'' / ''Zāraḥ'') refers to several different people in the Hebrew Bible.For the etymology see
An Edomite
Zerah was the name of an Edomite ch ...
, according to the
Book of Genesis
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. The twins were conceived after Tamar tricked her father-in-law Judah into having sexual intercourse with her by disguising herself as a prostitute. The name is
transliterated
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to English as both "Perez" (
NIV Niv may refer to:
* Niv, a personal name; for people with the name, see
* Niv Art Movies, a film production company of India
* Niv Art Centre, in New Delhi, India
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,
ESV
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,
NKJV
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) and "Pharez" (
KJV
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). Perez, in Hebrew means "breach or burst forth" and is named after the narrative of his birth as recorded in .
Family tree
Biblical account
;
:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins ''
ere' in her womb.
:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that ''
he one
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' put out ''
is' hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? ''
his
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' breach ''
e' upon thee: therefore his name was called
Pharez.
:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
The
Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth ( he, מגילת רות, ''Megilath Ruth'', "the Scroll of Ruth", one of the Five Megillot) is included in the third division, or the Writings (Ketuvim), of the Hebrew Bible. In most Christian canons it is treated as one of the ...
lists Perez as being part of the
ancestral genealogy of
King David
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, and both the
Gospel of Matthew
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and the
Gospel of Luke
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include him when specifying the
genealogy of Jesus
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.
References
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Book of Genesis people
Biblical twins
Tribe of Judah
Book of Ruth
Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of Luke