4812# 他玛所生的儿子们象征着教会的两个本质要素：信仰和仁爱。其中法勒斯代表信仰，谢拉代表仁爱。他们的出生过程象征着一个重要真理：虽然表面上看信仰似乎居首位，但实际上仁爱才是教会的真正长子。
4812.他玛所生的儿子表示教会的两个基本要素，即信与爱：法勒斯表示信，谢拉表示爱。他们的出生代表爱其实才是教会头生的，信仅表面上看似是头生的。
Potts(1905-1910) 4812
4812. The sons by Tamar signify the two essentials of the church, namely, faith and love-Perez faith, and Zerah love. Their birth represents that love is actually the firstborn of the church, and faith only apparently so.
Elliott(1983-1999) 4812
4812. His sons by Tamar mean the two essentials of the Church, which are faith and love - Perez meaning faith and Zerah love. Their birth represents the truth that love is in actual fact the firstborn of the Church, and that faith only appears to be this.
Latin(1748-1756) 4812
4812. `Filii ex Tamare' significant bina essentialia Ecclesiae, nempe fidem et amorem, `Perez' fidem, et `Zerah' amorem; nativitas eorum repraesentat quod amor actualiter primogenitus Ecclesiae sit, et quod fides modo apparenter.