30 Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist,(A) came out. And he was named Zerah.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:30 Zerah can mean scarlet or brightness.

20 The descendants of Judah by their clans were:

through Shelah,(A) the Shelanite clan;

through Perez,(B) the Perezite clan;

through Zerah, the Zerahite clan.(C)

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Achan’s Sin

But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things[a];(A) Achan(B) son of Karmi, the son of Zimri,[b] the son of Zerah,(C) of the tribe of Judah,(D) took some of them. So the Lord’s anger burned(E) against Israel.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:1 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 11, 12, 13 and 15.
  2. Joshua 7:1 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 2:6; Hebrew Zabdi; also in verses 17 and 18.

24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons(A) and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.(B)

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Judah’s daughter-in-law(A) Tamar(B) bore Perez(C) and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.

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