Genesis 38:27-30

Contemporary English Version

^27-28 Tamar later gave birth to twins. But before either of them was born, one of them stuck a hand out of her womb. The woman who was helping tied a red thread around the baby's hand and explained, “This one came out first.”

²⁹ At once his hand went back in, and the other child was born first. The woman then said, “What an opening you've made for yourself!” So they named the baby Perez.^{[a] 30} When the brother with the red thread was born, they named him Zerah.^[b]