1 Chronicles 2:5

Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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.

Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.

She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise Yahweh.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him.

The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.

As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.

The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.

Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

This is for Judah. He said, “Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries.”

Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”

Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which Yahweh will give you by this young woman.”

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; and he killed him.

The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—

Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred ninety.

Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.

Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

Some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.

Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.

the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”