Perez (son of Judah)
Depiction of the birth of Perets (being washed in the bottom left of the picture).
According to the Book of Genesis, Pharez/Perets (Hebrew: פֶּרֶץ / פָּרֶץ, Modern Perets / Peretz Tiberian Péreṣ / Pāreṣ) was the son of Tamar and Judah, and the twin of Zerah.[1][2] The name is transliterated to English as both "Perets " (NIV, ESV, NKJV) and "Pharets" (KJV). Perets , in Hebrew means "breach or burst forth" and is named after the narrative of his birth as recorded in Genesis 38:29.[3]
- Genesis 38
- 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb.
- 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that [the one] put out [his] hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
- 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharets.
- 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
The Book of Ruth lists Perets as being part of the ancestral genealogy of King David,[4] and both the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke include him when specifying the genealogy of Jesus.[5][6]
According to critical scholars, the birth narrative may be an etiological myth explaining the origin of parts of the tribe of Judah.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Genesis 38:29
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 2:4
- ↑ Strong's Hebrew 6556_ פָּ֫רֶץ (perets) -- a bursting forth, breach Retrieved 2015-08-01
Note: The name is under Strong's 6557 which refers to 6556 for the meaning. - ↑ Ruth 4:18-22
- ↑ Matthew 1:3
- ↑ Luke 3:33
- ↑ J. A. Emerton, Judah And Tamar
- ↑ Cheyne and Black, Encyclopedia Biblica, Vol III
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