Genesis 38:29 meaning and explanation

But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

Genesis 38:29, Berean Standard Bible

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Tamar is giving birth to twins after the tense events of this chapter, in which Judah her father-in-law wronged her and then admitted she was more righteous than he. The midwife has tied a scarlet thread on the hand that appeared first, expecting that child to be born first.

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