While she was giving birth, one stuck out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it to his hand saying, “This one came out first.”
Genesis 38:29 - Tree of Life Version But as he was pulling his hand back in, behold, his brother came out. So she said, “How you have broken through! The breach is because of you.” And he named him Perez. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he drew back his hand, and behold, his brother was born first. And she said, What a breaking forth you have made for yourself! Therefore his name was called Perez [breaking forth]. [Matt. 1:3.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible As soon as he pulled his hand back, his brother came out, and she said, “You’ve burst out on your own.” So he was named Perez. Catholic Public Domain Version But in truth, drawing back his hand, the other came out. And the woman said, "Why is the partition divided for you?" And for this reason, she called his name Perez. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he drawing back his hand, the other came forth. And the woman said: Why is the partition divided for thee? And therefore called his name Phares. |
While she was giving birth, one stuck out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it to his hand saying, “This one came out first.”
Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah. Er died along with Onan in the land of Canaan. Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.
Then Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, who was a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
and some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin dwelt in Jerusalem). From the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez;
The sons of Judah by their families were: by Shelah the Shelanite family, by Perez the Perezite family, by Zerach the Zerachite family.
Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram,
the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the seed that Adonai will give you by this young woman.”