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Genesis 38:30 KJV
Genesis · chapter 38 · verse 30
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.Genesis 38:30 · King James Version
Genesis 38:30 in context
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.
30And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- afterwardʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- threadshânîycrimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with itH8144 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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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