Judas begat Pharez] Genesis 38:27. of Thamar] Christ vouchsafing to come of Thamar, Rahab, and Ruth the Moabitesse, shews, that he came to save great sinners, as well as small, Gentiles as well as Jews, Matthew 9:13. Ephesians 2:1. 1 Timothy 1:15. It may also be a part of his humiliation. Pharez begat Ezrom] Rth 4:18. 1 Chronicles 2:15.