The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
The twelve sons of Jacob descended through all Scripture, yet several of them were much blemished in character. But the covenant was entailed on their seed by free grace alone, not works, else any man might boast. The tribe of Judah, most praised and increased, produced both the vile and the virtuous in one line; Christ Himself, the top branch of that tree, grew from roots that held Achan the troubler and Tamar the woman wronged.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:1-17
And the sons of Carmi,.... The Targum adds, this is Zimri; but in Jos 7:1 Carmi is said to be the son of Zabdi, who seems to be the same with Zimri; and some supply the word here, and read (o) the sons of Zimri, Carmi, Achar, who was the grandson of Zimri; his proper name was Achan, Jos 7:1, but called Achar here by...
1Ch 2:3-5 The sons of Judah and of Pharez, 1Ch 2:3.f. - The five sons of Judah are given according to Gen 38, as the remark on Er which is quoted from Gen 38:7 of that chapter shows, while the names of the five sons are to be found also in Gen 46:12. The two sons of Pharez are according to Gen 46:12, cf. Num 26:21.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:3-5