And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
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Gill's Exposition
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah,.... Of whose tribe the Bethlehemites were, and were also of the house or family of Pharez, as appears from Rut 4:18, &c. who…
Adam Clarke
Like the house of Pharez - This was very appropriate; for from Pharez, the son of Judah, by Tamar, came the family of the Beth-lehemites and that of Elimelech.
Boaz now sees his way clear, and therefore delays not to perform his promise made to Ruth that he would do the kinsman's part, but in the gate of the city, before the elders and all the people,…
Cambridge Bible
Perez is mentioned because he was one of the ancestors of the house of Judah, Gen 38:29, and, according to the genealogies, Boaz was his descendant, 1Ch 2:4; 1Ch 2:9-11.
the seed which the Lord shall…
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