THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
We highlight Tamar because she, as a foreigner, bore Phares, from whom the lineage of King David and his descendant, the Lord and Son, proceeds.
Ruth 4:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
וִיהִ֤י בֵֽיתְךָ֙ כְּבֵ֣ית פֶּ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה תָמָ֖ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה מִן־הַזֶּ֗רַע אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לְךָ֔ מִן־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 38:29But he drawing back his hand, the other came forth: and the woman said: Why is the partition divided for thee? and therefore called his name Phares.
- 1 Sam 2:20And Heli blessed Elcana and his wife: and he said to him: The Lord give thee seed of this woman, for the loan thou hast lent to the Lord. And they went to their own home.
- 1 Chr 2:4And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five.
- Matt 1:3And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram.
- Gen 46:12The sons of Juda: Her and Onan, and Sela, and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.
- Num 26:20And the sons of Juda by their kindreds were: Sela, of whom is the family of the Selaites: Phares, of whom is the family of the Pharesites: Zare, of whom is the family of the Zarites.
- Num 26:22These are the families of Juda, of which the whole number was seventy-six thousand five hundred.
- Ruth 4:18These are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esron,