<p>1:3&nbsp;<em>Judah begot Perez and Zerah of Tamar and Perez begot Hezron, Hezron begot Ram</em>- Since the Lord was descended through the line of Phares, why mention the birth of Zara- seeing that so many details are omitted in this genealogy, even whole generations, why take space to record this? Perhaps it was because Zara was the first born, but Phares got the birthright. And the genealogies teach us how God delights to work through the underling, the rejected, the humanly weak.</p>
<p>Tamar was a prostitute and adulteress, just like Rahab. See on 1:5.</p>