²⁷When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.^q ²⁸As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife^r took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist^s and said, “This one came out first.” ²⁹But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out,^t and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!” And he was named Perez.^a^u ³⁰Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist,^v came out. And he was named Zerah.^b^w

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Footnotes

aPerez means breaking out.
bZerah can mean scarlet or brightness.

Cross references

q Ge 25:24
rSee Ge 35:17
sver 30
t Ge 25:26
u Ge 46:12; Nu 26:20, 21; Ru 4:12, 18; 2 Sa 5:20; 6:8; 1 Ch 2:4; 9:4; Isa 28:21; Mt 1:3
vver 28
w Ge 46:12; 1 Ch 2:4; Ne 11:24

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb. And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.” But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore his name was called Perez. Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb. As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand, and the midwife took it and tied a scarlet thread around it, announcing, “This one came out first.” But then he pulled his hand back, out came his brother, and she said, “What a breakout you have made for yourself!” So he was named Perez. Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread tied to his hand, came out, and was named Zerah.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins. While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child’s wrist, announcing, “This one came out first.” But then he pulled back his hand, and out came his brother! “What!” the midwife exclaimed. “How did you break out first?” So he was named Perez. Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And it happened that at the time she gave birth that, behold, twins were in her womb. And it happened that at her labor one child put out a hand. And the midwife took it and tied a crimson thread on his hand saying, “This one came out first.” Then his hand drew back and, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” And she called his name Perez. And afterward his brother who had the crimson thread on his hand came out. And his name was called Zerah.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

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