Pharez

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Pharez
     breach, the elder of the twin sons of Judah (Gen. 38:29). From
     him the royal line of David sprang (Ruth 4:18-22). "The chief of
     all the captains of the host" was of the children of Perez (1
     Chr. 27:3; Matt. 1:3).
     



From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Pharez, division; rupture