Pharez

In the Book of Genesis, Pharez or P?retz (פֶּרֶץ / פָּרֶץ "Breach", Standard Hebrew P?reẓ / P?reẓ, Tiberian Hebrew P?reṣ / Pāreṣ) is the son of Judah by the Canaanitish woman Tamar. He was the twin brother of Zerah (Gen. 38:27-30). According to the geneology provided in the Book of Ruth (4:18-22), Peretz was an ancestor of King David. The Book of Matthew also mentions him (1:3) in establishing the descendency of Jesus from David.

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Book of Genesis: The Book of Genesis (, "birth", "origin") or Bereishit (Hebrew: ???????????, "in the beginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible, and the first of five books of the Torah, called the Pentateuch in the Christian Old Testament....

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