Matthew 1:3 meaning and explanation
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
Matthew 1:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Matthew opens his Gospel with a genealogy, and verse 3 recalls Judah, the son of Jacob, who fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Her story appears in Genesis 38, where she was Judah's daughter-in-law and acted to secure the family line after being widowed.
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