Kejadian 46:12

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 were Hezron and Hamul.

Bilangan 26:20-21

26:20 And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 26:21 And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, ¹  the family of the Hamulites.

Rut 4:12

4:12 May your family ²  become like the family of Perez ³  – whom Tamar bore to Judah – through the descendants ⁴  the Lord gives you by this young woman.”

Rut 4:18

Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David

4:18 These are the descendants ⁵  of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

Rut 4:2

4:2 Boaz chose ten of the village leaders ⁶  and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.

1 Samuel 5:1

The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines

5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

[26:21]  ¹ tc Smr and the Greek version have “Hamuel.”

[4:12]  ² tn Heb “your house” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[4:12]  ³ tn Heb “and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, from the offspring whom the Lord gives to you from this young woman.”

[4:12]  sn Perez is an appropriate comparison here, because (1) he was an ancestor of Boaz, (2) he was born to Tamar by a surrogate father (Judah) after the death of her husband, and (3) he had an unbroken line of male descendants extending over several generations (see vv. 18-22).

[4:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the seed” (KJV, ASV both similar); NASB, NIV “through the offspring”; NRSV “through the children.”

[4:18]  ⁵ tn Or “generations” (so KJV, NASB); NIV, NLT “family line.”

[4:18]  sn The concluding genealogy demonstrates that the prayers of blessing made earlier were fulfilled. Boaz’s line did become like the line of Perez, and both Boaz and Obed became famous. God’s blessing upon Ruth and Boaz extended beyond their lifetime and immediate family, for their great descendant, David, became the greatest of Israel’s kings, and his descendant in turn, Jesus the Messiah, became greater still.

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he took ten men from the elders of the town.”