Cross references

Matthew 1:3

Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez the father of Hezron,

and Hezron the father of Ram.

Matthew 1:3 BSB
  1. a Greek Aram, a variant of Ram; also in verse 4; see 1 Chronicles 2:9–10.

Matthew 1:3 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 38:24–27 (5 votes) and Genesis 38:29–30 (5 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 38 to Hebrews 7.

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Which verses does Matthew 1:3 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!” As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?” …

  2. But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez. Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

  3. 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.

  4. Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab, …

  5. The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

  6. These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah. And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.

  7. Luke 3:332 votes

    the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

  8. Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

  9. These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. …

  10. From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.

Which verses point to Matthew 1:3?

The 10 strongest of 21.