Genesis 38:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ This shall come forth the first.

Genesis 38:28 Cross References

Genesis 25:26

And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

Genesis 38:27

And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

Genesis 38:29

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.