1 Chronicles 2:5

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1 Chronicles 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:5

The sons of Pharez
One of the above twins, born to Judah:

Hezron and Hamul;
see ( Genesis 46:12 ) .

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1 Chronicles 2:5 In-Context

3 Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His oldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him.
4 By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.
5 Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul.
6 His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.
7 Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.