Genesis 38:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. She said, How have you broken through? This breach is upon you. Therefore he was named Perez.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But then he pulled his hand back, and his brother came out. She said, 'What a breach you have made for yourself!' So he was named Perez.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And 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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But he plucked his hande backe agayne and his brother came out. And she sayde: wherfore hast thou rent a rent vppon the? and called him Pharez.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But whan he pluckte in his hande agayne, his brother came forth. And she sayde: Wherfore is there a rent mayde for thy sake? And he was called Phares.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But when he plucked his hand backe againe, loe, his brother came out, and the midwife said, How hast thou broken the breach vpon thee? and his name was called Pharez.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he plucked his hand backe againe, and beholde, his brother came out. And she sayde: Wherefore hast thou rent a rent vppon thee? and called his name Phares.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.{Perez means "breaking out."}

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, `What! thou hast broken forth -- on thee `is' the breach;' and he calleth his name Pharez;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? Therefore his name was called Perez.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said,“How you have broken out of the womb!” So he was named Perez.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
  • Num 26:20 : 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
  • 1 Chr 2:4 : 4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
  • Matt 1:3 : 3 And Judah begat Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Aram;
  • Neh 11:6 : 6 All the sons of Perez who lived at Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
  • 1 Chr 9:4 : 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez, the son of Judah.
  • Neh 11:4 : 4 And at Jerusalem lived some of the children of Judah and some of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
  • Ruth 4:12 : 12 And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.'
  • Luke 3:33 : 33 The son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

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    65%

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