³⁰ Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread tied around his hand, came out. He was named Zerah.

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.

²⁰ The sons of Judah by their clans were: Shelah, of the Shelahite clan; Perez,^[a] of the Perezite clan; and Zerah, of the Zerahite clan.

⁴ Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah, so Judah had five sons in all.

⁶ The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. There were five of them in all.

²⁴ Also, Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king’s chief advisor in all matters that affected the people.