Matthew 1:3 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 1:3

Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram;

KJV

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

(in Luc. c. 3.) But Luke has avoided the mention of these, that he might set forth the series of the priestly race immaculate. But the plan of St. Matthew did not exclude the righteousness of natural reason; for when he wrote in his Gospel, that He who should take on Him the sins of all, was born in the flesh, was subject to wrongs and pain, he did not think it any detraction from His holiness that He did not refuse the further humiliation of a sinful parentage.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar,.... The genealogical account of Christ goes on from Judah in the line of Phares, with whom Zara is mentioned; not because they were twins, for so were Jacob and Esau, and yet the latter is taken no notice of; but it may be because of what happened at their birth, see Gen 38:28. But the line of the Messiah was in Phares, and very rightly is he put in the genealogy of Christ, the Jews themselves being witnesses; who expressly say, that "the Messiah comes from him."

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Phares and Zara - The remarkable history of these twins may be seen, Genesis 38: Some of the ancients were of opinion, that the evangelist refers to the mystery of the youngest being preferred to the eldest, as prefiguring the exaltation of the Christian Church over the synagogue. Concerning the women whose names are recorded in this genealogy, see the note at the end of the chapter, (Mat 1:25 (note)).

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἰούδας	Ioudas	Judah	G2455 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Φάρες	Phares	Perez	G5329 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ζάρα	Zara	Zerah	G2196 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Θαμάρ·	Thamar	Tamar;	G2283 →
Φάρες	Phares	Perez	G5329 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἑσρώμ·	Hesrōm	Hezron;	G2074 →
Ἑσρὼμ	Hesrōm	Hezron	G2074 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἀράμ·	Aram	Ram;	G689 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 4:1
The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
leads to
- Genesis 46:12
  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- Genesis 38:29
  But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
- 1 Chronicles 2:9
  The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
- 1 Chronicles 2:5
  The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- Ruth 4:18
  Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
Through
Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 4:21
  The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
- Genesis 29:35
  And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
- Genesis 38:10
  What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

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