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Holman Bible Dictionary

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(pee'rehz) Personal name meaning, “breach.” One of the twins born to the illicit affair between Judah and his daughter-in-law, Tamar (Genesis 38:1 ). After she was widowed and her brother-in-law, Onan, refused to fulfill his duties in levirate marriage (designed to carry on the name of the deceased through a son), she tricked her father-in-law, Judah, into an affair (Genesis 38:13-30 ).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Perez'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​p/perez.html. 1991.
 
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