Genesis 38:27
25 As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
26 Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
28 And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
29 But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
- KJV
- And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
- WEB
- In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.
- ASV
- And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass at the time of her delivery, that behold, twins were in her womb.
- BLB
- And it came to pass at the time of her giving birth that behold, twins [were] in her womb.
- ÅB
- Da den tid kom at hun skulle føde, se, da var det tvillinger i hennes liv.
- OTB
- Da tiden var inne for henne til å føde, bar hun på tvillinger.
- B1930
- Da den tid kom at hun skulde føde, se, da var det tvillinger i hennes liv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 25:24
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
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