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From the Zerahite clan, Jeuel returned with his relatives.

In all, 690 families from the tribe of Judah returned.

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The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda[a]—five in all.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 As in many Hebrew manuscripts, some Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 1 Kgs 4:31); Hebrew reads Dara.

Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.

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20 These were the clans descended from Judah’s surviving sons:

The Shelanite clan, named after their ancestor Shelah.
The Perezite clan, named after their ancestor Perez.
The Zerahite clan, named after their ancestor Zerah.

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30 Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 38:30 Zerah means “scarlet” or “brightness.”

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