“May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the Lord will give you from this young woman.”
— Ruth 4:11c–12
Perez means breaking forth. Something was limited and held back, but now it breaks forth.
Adapted from Ruth: Growth Unto Maturity, page 86.
Tomorrow: “A Blessing to Israel”