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Genesis 38:27 KJV
Genesis · chapter 38 · verse 27
And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.Genesis 38:27 · King James Version
Genesis 38:27 in context
25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26And 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.
27And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28And 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.
29And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- travailyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- twinstâʼôwma twin , literally or figurativelyH8380 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
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Here is, I. Judah's rigour against Tamar, when he heard she was an adulteress. She was, in the eye of the law, Shelah's wife, and therefore her being with child by another was looked upon as an injury and reproach to Judah's family: Bring her forth therefore, says Judah, the master of the family, and let her be burnt;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-30