²⁰ The descendants of Judah by their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.

²⁴ And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

¹² The children of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan), and the children of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.^(A)

³³ son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni,^[a] son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,

³ and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram,^(A)

⁶ All the descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant warriors.

⁴ And in Jerusalem lived some of the Judahites and the Benjaminites. Of the Judahites: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Amariah son of Shephatiah son of Mahalalel, of the descendants of Perez;^(A)

²¹ The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er father of Lecah, Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of the guild of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;^(A)

³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three the Canaanite woman Bath-shua bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. ⁴ His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.^(A)

⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.^{(B) 6} The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda,^[a] five in all.^{(C) 7} The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;^{(D) 8} and Ethan’s son was Azariah.

¹⁸ Now these are the descendants of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,^{(A) 19} Hezron of Ram, Ram of Amminadab, ²⁰ Amminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon,^{[a] 21} Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed, ²² Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.