Perez and Zerah (Tamar's Twins) Facts for 3-8 Year Olds

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• Judah picks Tamar as a wife for his first son, Er.
• He dies, but Tamar wants him to have an heir.
• She tricks Judah into lying with her.
• Tamar gets pregnant with twins.
• Judah is the father.
• When Tamar is in labor, one of the babies puts out his hand.
• The midwife ties a red cord on his hand, but the other baby is born first.
• Tamar names that baby Perez.
• The first baby is named Zerah.
• The Book of Ruth states there are nine generations between Perez and King David.
• Perez is, therefore, an ancestor of Jesus.
• Zerah is the second twin.
• Zerah is also mentioned in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus.
• After the fall of Jerusalem, one of his descendants marries one of Perez’s descendants, keeping the House of Judah intact.
• No one knows how they died.