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Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore him Perez and Zerah, so that he had five sons in all.(A)

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.(B) The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all.(C) The sons of Zimri: Carmi. The sons of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban.(D) The sons of Ethan: Azariah. The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.[a](E)

10 [b]Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, a prince of the Judahites.(F) 11 (G)Nahshon became the father of Salmah. Salmah became the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz became the father of Obed. Obed became the father of Jesse. 13 (H)Jesse became the father of Eliab, his firstborn, of Abinadab, the second son, Shimea, the third,(I) 14 Nethanel, the fourth, Raddai, the fifth, 15 Ozem, the sixth, and David, the seventh.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Chelubai: a variant form of the name Caleb (vv. 18, 42), a different person from the Chelub mentioned in 4:11.
  2. 2:10–17 These verses list the immediate ancestors of David. A similar list appears in Ru 4:18–22.

Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar.(A) Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, (B)Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, (C)Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, (D)Jesse the father of David the king.

David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.

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