Biography A man appointed by Moses, as ordered by God, to be Prince over the tribe of Judah. He was the son of Perez, the son of Judah (not Hezron of the tribe of Reuben (Gen 46:12)). Family Genesis 46 Narrative 12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. Genesis 46:12 - KJV translation 1st Chronicles 2 Narrative 3 ¶ The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him. 4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 1 Chr 2:3-12 Book of Ruth 4 Narrative 18 ¶ Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. Ruth 4:18-22 = KJV Children Offspring of Hezron and unknown parent Name Birth Death Joined with Jerahmeel ben Hezron Land of Canaan Atarah Ram ben Hezron Land of Canaan Caleb ben Hezron Land of Canaan Azubah Azubah Ephrath Offspring of Hezron and unknown parent Name Birth Death Joined with Segub ben Hezron Land of Canaan Offspring of Hezron and unknown parent Name Birth Death Joined with Ashhur ben Hezron Land of Canaa