Genesis 38:28
And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.
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- Gen 38:29-302 verses86%
29 But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.
30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
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27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
- Gen 25:22-265 verses74%
22 And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.
23 And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
24 And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.
25 And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.
26 And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
- Gen 38:23-253 verses70%
23 And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.
24 Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.
25 And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?
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18 If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;
- Gen 35:16-172 verses69%
16 So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.
17 And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.
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21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.
- Gen 38:18-192 verses69%
18 And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.
19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
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13 And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,
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11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts;
- Gen 38:3-53 verses66%
3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
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3 The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
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23 And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.
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6 Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.
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2 Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)
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12 May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.
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3 And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.
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18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron;
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18 And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.
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18 And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.
- Gen 29:34-352 verses65%
34 And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.
35 And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.
- Gen 30:38-392 verses65%
38 And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.
39 And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
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7 Before her pains came, she gave birth; before her pains, she gave birth to a man-child.
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25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.
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20 And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.
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8 And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.
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28 The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,
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8 And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.
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2 And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth.
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19 And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.
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6 And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.