Genesis 38:28
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.
27 When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
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.
30 Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
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.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”
- ASV
- And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when she brought forth, that one stretched out [his] hand, and the midwife took it and bound round his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
- BLB
- And it came to pass when she was giving birth, that one put out a hand, and the midwife took [it] and tied on his hand a scarlet [thread], saying, “This one came out first.”
- ÅB
- Og i det samme hun fødte, stakk den ene hånden fram; da tok jordmoren og bandt en rød tråd om hans hånd og sa: Denne kom først fram.
- OTB
- Mens hun fødte, stakk en av dem ut hånden, og jordmoren bandt en skarlagenrød tråd om håndleddet hans og sa: "Denne kom ut først."
- B1930
- Og i det samme hun fødte, stakk den ene hånden frem; da tok jordmoren og bandt en rød tråd om hans hånd og sa: Denne kom først frem.