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Fourth son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the royal tribe of Judah from which David and Christ descend. Suggested selling Joseph; later interceded for Benjamin. Father of Perez through Tamar.
Pharez · Phares
Twin son of Judah and Tamar; ancestor of David and through him of Christ. Named because he 'broke through' (his brother Zerah had put out a hand first but Perez was born first).
Widow of Er and Onan; denied the levirate marriage to Shelah, she disguised herself as a prostitute and conceived twins by her father-in-law Judah. Mother of Perez, through whom David and Christ descend. Named in Matthew 1:3.
Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.