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1 Chronicles 2:5
The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — 1 Chronicles 2:5 appears in a genealogical list tracing Judah’s descendants through his sons Perez and Zerah. The chronicler records Perez’s immediate offspring to continue the family record.
The words — The text uses בְּנֵי (benei, “sons of”) and פֶּרֶץ (Perez) to introduce חֶצְרוֹן (Chezron, “Hezron”) and חָמוּל (Chamul, “Hamul”). These four terms form a direct paternal statement without descriptive modifiers.
The thread — Hezron and Hamul are listed as Perez’s sons in Genesis 46:12 and Numbers 26:21, while Ruth 4:18 names only Hezron. The genealogy immediately follows with Zerah’s five sons in 1 Chronicles 2:6.
Why it lands — The verse states a factual lineage to anchor the subsequent tribal records. It asks the reader to follow the ancestral sequence without inserting narrative or theological explanation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
Cross-references
- Genesis 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: Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:21 And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.
- Ruth 4:18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
- Matthew 1:3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
- Luke 3:33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,