Son of Chetzron, father of Aminadav
Named in the genealogical bridge of Ruth 4:18–22 connecting Peretz to David
Listed in both Matthew 1:3–4 and Luke 3:33 in the line to Yeshua
“Bridge-name in Ruth's genealogy between Chetzron and Aminadav — and the site of Luke's most disputed genealogical reading”
Traditional note: FLAGGED TEXTUAL VARIANT: Luke 3:33 is one of the most textually unstable verses in the New Testament — manuscripts diverge between a shorter reading ('son of Amminadab, son of Arni/Aram, son of Hezron') and a longer reading in some early manuscripts ('son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron', inserting an extra generation). This dataset follows Ruth 4:19 / 1 Chronicles 2:9–10 / Matthew 1:3–4 — a single figure, Ram, between Chetzron and Aminadav — as primary, consistent with the Hebrew Bible genealogy and the majority Matthean reading; the Lukan textual variant is recorded here rather than silently smoothed over. Separately, 1 Chronicles 2:25 names a different 'Ram' as a son of Yerachme'el (Chetzron's other son, not pursued in this dataset) — a namesake in the same family, not this person.
