After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esav's heel. He was named Ya`akov. Yitzchak was sixty years old when she bore them.
Genesis 38:28 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) 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.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 "This one will go out first." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This shall come forth the first. |
After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esav's heel. He was named Ya`akov. Yitzchak was sixty years old when she bore them.
It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.
It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, *Why have you made a breach for yourself?* Therefore his name was called Peretz.