Every named figure.
Lifespans, relatives, and scripture references. Every claim is traceable; tradition tags surface where readings differ.
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Bath-shua
Canaanite wife of Judah; mother of his three sons Er, Onan, and Shelah. Called Bath-shua ('daughter of Shua') in 1 Chronicles 2:3 — a designation rather than a personal name.
Firstborn of Judah by the daughter of Shua; husband of Tamar. Killed by Yahweh because he was wicked, before fathering any children.
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.
Second son of Judah; refused to perform the levirate duty for his deceased brother Er and was killed by Yahweh for spilling his seed on the ground.
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).
Third son of Judah by the daughter of Shua; founder of the Shelanite clan. Distinct from the postdiluvian patriarch Shelah son of Arphaxad.
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.
Twin son of Judah and Tamar; father of five named sons. The Zerahite clan. Distinct from Zerah son of Reuel the Edomite.
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”.