Difference between revisions of "Pharez"

<p> [[Perez]] "breach" because he broke forth from the womb before his twin brother [[Zarah]] who had first put out his hand. Son of Judah and [[Tamar]] his daughter in law (&nbsp;Matthew 1:3; &nbsp;Luke 3:33; &nbsp;Genesis 38:29). His house retained the primogeniture; it was famous for being prolific, so as to pass into a proverb (&nbsp;Ruth 4:12; &nbsp;Ruth 4:18-22). After the deaths of [[Er]] and [[Onan]] childless, [[Pharez]] took the rank of Judah's son, next after Shelah. His sons [[Hezron]] and [[Hamul]] became heads of two new chief houses. Hezron was forefather of David and Messiah. Caleb's house too was incorporated into Hezron's. </p> <p> Under David "the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month was of the children of Pharez" (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 27:2-3), famed for valor (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 11:11. (See [[Jashobeam]] .) &nbsp;2 Samuel 23:8). Hezron married a second time Muchir's daughter; so one line of Pharez's descendents reckoned as sons of Manasseh. Pharez's house was the greatest of the houses of Judah; 468 valiant men of the children of Pharez alone of Judah dwelt in [[Jerusalem]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:3-6; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:3-6) after the return from Babylon. </p>

<p> '''Pha'rez.''' (Perez, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 27:3; Phares, &nbsp;Matthew 1:3; &nbsp;Luke 3:33 &nbsp;1 [[Esdras]] 5:6. Twin son, with Zarah or Zerah, of Judah and Tamer, his daughter-in-law. (B.C. 1730). The circumstances of his birth are detailed in [[Genesis]] 38. </p> <p> Pharez occupied the rank of Judah's second son, and from two of his sons, sprang two new chief houses, those of the [[Hezronites]] and Hamulites. From Hezron's second son, Ram, or Aram, sprang David and the kings of Judah, and eventually '''Jesus Christ''' . In the reign of David, the house of Pharez seems to have been eminently distinguished. ''See '' '''Perez; Phares''' ''.'' </p>