5 others in the registry answer to the name Zerah. Every Zerah in the Bible
- verses
- 19
- first named
- Genesis 38:30
- last named
- Matthew 1:3
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was Zerah?
Zerah was the son of Judah and Tamar, and the twin brother of Perez. His birth is recorded in Genesis 38, where it is noted that he put out his hand first during delivery, and the midwife tied a scarlet thread on his wrist. However, his brother Perez was actually born first, breaking out before him.
Zerah's descendants are mentioned in various genealogies throughout the Old Testament. Most notably, Achan, the man who sinned by taking the devoted things during the conquest of Jericho, was from the tribe of Judah and the family of Zerah. The descendants of Zerah are also mentioned among those who lived in Jerusalem after the exile. In 1Chronicles 27, it is recorded that Shamhuth, from the clan of Zerah, was in charge of the fifth division of David's army.
His descendants the Izrahites or Ezrahites included very wise men (1Ki.4.31). Ethan is also credited with composing Psalm 89 (Psalm 1Ki.89.1). Another notable Ezrahite was Heman, who was a singer and musician in the time of David and is mentioned as the author of Psalm 88 (Psalm 1Ki.88.1; 1Ch.6.33).
Zerah is also included in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1, highlighting his significance in the lineage of the Messiah.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 17 are drawn. All 17 are listed below.
Ancestor of
- Maholregistry, no verse
- PethahiahNehemiah 11:24
Associated with
Child of
- JudahregistryNehemiah 11:24Matthew 1:3Genesis 46:12
- Tamarregistry1 Chronicles 2:4
Descendant of
Father of
- Calcolregistry1 Chronicles 2:6
- Dararegistry1 Chronicles 2:6
- Ethanregistry1 Chronicles 2:6
- Hemanregistry1 Chronicles 2:6
- ZabdiregistryJoshua 7:1Joshua 7:181 Chronicles 2:6
Parent of
Sibling of
- Erregistry, no verse
- Onanregistry, no verse
- PerezregistryGenesis 38:30
- Shelahregistry, no verse
Stands in the same events as
Places
Where this happens
A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.
Not read yet
The pattern
Where Zerah is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
19 verses across 8 of 66 books; 58 write the name nowhere. Named in Genesis (2), Numbers (1), Joshua (5), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (6), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (2) and Matthew (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 19, across 8 books. The name is written 20 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
Sources