Genesis 38:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ While she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and bound on his hand a crimson thread, saying, “This one came out first.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And when she was in labor, one baby put out his hand; and the midwife took his hand and bound upon it a scarlet thread, saying, This baby was born first.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁸ At birth, one boy put out his hand, and the midwife took it and tied a red thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ "This one will go out first."

Genesis 38:28 Cross References

Genesis 38:27

When the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.

Genesis 38:29

But just then he drew back his hand and out came his brother, and she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore he was named Perez.

Genesis 25:26

Afterward his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.