Hezron
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Hezron (Hebrew: חֶצְרוֹן, Modern [H̱etsron] Error: {{Transl}}: unrecognized transliteration standard: (help), Tiberian Ḥeṣrôn ; "enclosed") is a name which occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible.
It may refer to:
- A plain in the south of Judah, west of Kadesh-barnea (Joshua 15:3)
- One of the sons of Reuben (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6)
- The older of the two sons of Perez and a grandson of Judah, mentioned in Genesis 46:12 among the youngest generation of the 70 Israelites to move to Egypt with Jacob. See also 1 Chronicles 2:5–24