Perez, also written as Pharez/Peretz ( Hebrew: פֶּרֶץ / פָּרֶץ, Modern Pereṣ / Pareṣ Tiberian Péreṣ / Pāreṣ), was the son of Tamar and Judah, and the twin of Zerah, according to the Book of Genesis. [1] [2] 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 to English as both "Perez" ( NIV, ESV, NKJV) and "Pharez" ( KJV). Perez, in Hebrew means "breach or burst forth" and is named after the narrative of his birth as recorded in Genesis 38:29. [3] According to Ethiopian tradition, Perez became a king of Persia.
Judah | daughter of Shuah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Er | Tamar | Onan | Shelah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Perez and Zerah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb! 28 While she was in labor, one of them put out a hand, and the midwife tied a crimson thread on that hand, to signify: This one came out first. 29 But just then it drew back its hand, and out came its brother; and she said, “What a breach (Heb. pereṣ) you have made for yourself!” So he was named Perez.
— Genesis 38:27-29 [4]
The
Book of Ruth lists Perez as being part of the
ancestral genealogy of
King David,
[5] and both the
Gospel of Matthew and the
Gospel of Luke include him when specifying the
genealogy of Jesus.
[6]
[7]
Perez, also written as Pharez/Peretz ( Hebrew: פֶּרֶץ / פָּרֶץ, Modern Pereṣ / Pareṣ Tiberian Péreṣ / Pāreṣ), was the son of Tamar and Judah, and the twin of Zerah, according to the Book of Genesis. [1] [2] 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 to English as both "Perez" ( NIV, ESV, NKJV) and "Pharez" ( KJV). Perez, in Hebrew means "breach or burst forth" and is named after the narrative of his birth as recorded in Genesis 38:29. [3] According to Ethiopian tradition, Perez became a king of Persia.
Judah | daughter of Shuah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Er | Tamar | Onan | Shelah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Perez and Zerah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb! 28 While she was in labor, one of them put out a hand, and the midwife tied a crimson thread on that hand, to signify: This one came out first. 29 But just then it drew back its hand, and out came its brother; and she said, “What a breach (Heb. pereṣ) you have made for yourself!” So he was named Perez.
— Genesis 38:27-29 [4]
The
Book of Ruth lists Perez as being part of the
ancestral genealogy of
King David,
[5] and both the
Gospel of Matthew and the
Gospel of Luke include him when specifying the
genealogy of Jesus.
[6]
[7]