18Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; …
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. …
Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-22)Here is, I. Ruth a wife. Boaz took her, with the usual solemnities, to his house, and she became his wife (Ruth 4:13), all the city, no doubt, congratulating the preferment of a virtuous woman, purely for her virtues. We have reason to think that Orpah, who returned from Naomi to her people and her gods, was never half so well preferred as Ruth was. He that forsakes all for Christ shall find more…
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