KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 38:29
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
WEB World English Bible
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 Perez.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, ‘What! thou hast broken forth—on thee is the breach;’ and he calleth his name Pharez;
Surrounding context — Genesis 38
26 And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb.
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.
29 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.
30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֣י׀H1961 · ha.yahto beכְּמֵשִׁ֣יבH7725 · shuvto return: returnיָד֗וֹH3027 · yadhandוְהִנֵּה֙H2009 · hin.nehbeholdיָצָ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאָחִ֔יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוַתֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמַה־H4100 · mahwhat?פָּרַ֖צְתָּH6555 · pa.ratsto break throughעָלֶ֣יךָH5921 · aluponפָּ֑רֶץH6556 · pe.retsbreachוַיִּקְרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameפָּֽרֶץ׃H6557 · pe.retsPerez
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 2:4And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.Matthew 1:3And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.Numbers 26:20And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.Ruth 4:12And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.Nehemiah 11:6All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem [were] four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.Luke 3:33Which was [the son] of Aminadab, which was [the son] of Aram, which was [the son] of Esrom, which was [the son] of Phares, which was [the son] of Juda,Nehemiah 11:4And at Jerusalem dwelt [certain] of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
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